[bru-info] bus riders TAKE ACTION: Public Meeting

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bus riders TAKE ACTION

To Stop the Fare Increase!

Public Meeting

Saturday, October 30, 2:30 PM

Vancouver Public Library Central Branch 

350 W. Georgia St. (Peter Kaye Room)

Free and Wheelchair Accessible * Snacks Provided * Children Welcome

popular theatre * hip hop beats * planning for action


On January 1st TransLink is planning on raising fares again. If this fare increase goes through it will be the third fare increase in five years. This fare increase will take $41 million out of the pockets of bus riders over 3 years, money that will go directly into the pockets of big corporations and developers through rich contracts on mega projects like the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver line NOT into providing a first class transit system for everyone.

Fares are already too high. Throughout the region bus riders are struggling to pay high fares for buses that are often late, overcrowded, inaccessible or just not there. As bus riders we are already struggling to pay for housing, education and food on low-wages and with fewer public services - we are working harder and longer for less. The majority of bus riders are women, particularly women of colour, who rely on transit for our independence, safety, employment and the health of our communities.

Because women, communities of colour and Aboriginal people are disproportionately transit-dependent, TransLink's fare increase is a racist and sexist policy that deepens inequality and worsens the hardship we already face. Everyone needs to get around. In a region as large as ours transit is basic human right, and necessary for the social, political and environmental well being and health of our communities and our region.

The Bus Riders Union is already organizing to stop the fare increase. Get involved in this growing grassroots movement with over 550 members and thousands of supporters taking a stand for our human rights. If bus riders don't get organized to stop this fare increase, we're going to keep paying more money for less service.

Join us on Saturday, October 30th, at 2:30PM at the Vancouver Public Library for an afternoon of reflecting, strategizing and planning for action. 

For more info contact the BRU at 604 215 2775 or bru at resist.ca

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