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Purpose
The Alliance for AC Transit, also known as the
Bus Riders Union is a public transit advocacy organization
based in the East Bay. We are not connected with AC Transit,
other than that we ride their buses.
Members of the Alliance/BRU are people in all walks of life, including
professionals, wage workers, retired people and bus drivers.
The
Bay Area Bus Riders Union got started after the 1996 cutbacks in AC Transit
service.
The Alliance/BRU has about 400 members on a mailing list,
and about 8 people who attend meetings.
The Bus Riders Union started out as a
separate group, operating as a committee of the Alliance.
Later on, the two memberships were merged into one "Alliance/BRU".
The main purpose of the Alliance/BRU
is to work for more funding for AC Transit so there
can be more bus service.
Things we've done:
- Convice AC Transit to put up a Bus Riders Bill of Rights
(they call it "Welcome Aboard" -- it's among the ads on some
of the buses.)
- Write and distribute our booklet
Bus Riding 101 - a guide to riding the bus.
- Work to pass Measure B. Some of our members are on the
Measure B Expenditure Plan Citizen's Watchdog Committee.
The Alliance/BRU is an organization member of
BATLUC -- Bay Area
Transportation and Land Use Coalition.
We support BATLUC's work toward
"smart growth", affordable (transit-oriented) housing
and social justice.
Meeting Place
The Alliance/BRU meets
on the 2nd and last Thursday of each month.
We meet at Redwood Gardens, at 2951 Derby Street in
Berkeley. This is accessible by bus line #7 which runs every half
hour.
Meetings begin at 6:30pm.
Directions to the meeting room
are posted on the entrance door of the building (just back
from the bus shelter).
The next meeting is the big General Annual Meeting,
on March 28, 2002.
Membership and Dues
Yearly dues are $5 (or whatever is affordable).
Because of our political activities, donations are not tax deductible.
Send name, mailing address and Email address to:
Alliance for AC Transit
P.O. Box 20232
Oakland, CA 94620
(make checks payable to "Alliance for AC Transit")
Expressing your Opinion
===Bus Rider Poll===
Register your opinion in the online
Bus Rider Poll
bus_riders list
You can join the "bus_riders" Email-list.
This has about 40 members right now.
If you send Email to "bus_riders@topica.com" your letter
goes to all other members.
You can subscribe to bus_riders
by sending mail to
bus_riders-subscribe@topica.com
You may read an archive
of past letters posted to bus_riders.
by going to
http://topica.com/lists/bus_riders/read
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation
The corporate by-laws
ara available as a PDF file.
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