ABOUT

The Transportation Equity Allied Movement Coalition (TEAMC) advances community-supported transportation solutions that promote greater access to opportunity, social equity, public health and safety, and environmental protection. TEAMC engages and empowers those historically underrepresented communities to advocate for a public transportation system that better serves all of our needs. 

OUR PRINCIPLES

1. Increase use and access of affordable, safe, and healthy transportation choices to jobs, schools, and other destinations by:

• Enhancing and expanding existing transportation services and amenities
• Leveraging new technologies and innovative approaches
• Prioritize transportation funding and other investments for populations in greatest need, including:
• Improving mobility and access for low-income communities of color, youth, seniors, and people with disabilities.
• Improving safety for people walking and biking, especially at or near major transit stops and in areas with high numbers of serious or fatal collisions – without criminalizing people of color and low income communities.

​2. Broaden the region’s economic prosperity and avoid ongoing displacement of low and moderate income families by:

• Creating economic opportunities for communities experiencing longstanding unemployment and poverty, including living wage jobs within the transportation sector.
  
• Protecting the existing affordable housing stock and providing sufficient new affordable housing options near transit, jobs, and essential services.

3. Advance climate protection and environmental justice, including:

• Providing sufficient funding for climate adaptation and ensuring projects and programs significantly reduce carbon emissions
• Increasing access to health-promoting activities and reducing exposure to air pollution for communities suffering from high chronic disease rates.

4. Ensure meaningful community engagement in transportation decision making so that projects and policies reflect the needs of those most affected and ultimately result in better projects and programs.

OUR MEMBERS