Monday’s Headlines: Honoring MLK Edition
We’re taking the day off today to honor Martin Luther King Jr., as well as to remember the great civil rights leader as someone committed to helping working people get around with dignity.
As he once said, “Public Transportation — buses, subways, trains, and more — are a genuine civil rights issue.”
If you want a deeper dive on MLK’s support for first-class buses, we recommend this essay from The Ability Center. And if you want to see the connection between basic dignity and buses, check out this short video from Democracy Now!
We’ll be back on Tuesday with more news, but let’s at least give you some weekend transportation headlines to chew on:
- Gov. Hochul is leaning in on her transit bona-fides. (The City)
- The New York Times delved into new New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Michael Flynn in all his flynnificence.
- Blue highways? That’s just a start for these delivery planners. (Fast Company)
- Money for freight rail upstate. (News7)
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