Senator Jon Ossoff pushes bill to increase transit and transportation infrastructure in low-income and rural communities

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s Local Transit Planning Support Act passed the U.S. Senate past week arsenic portion of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The measure volition summation backing to program transit and proscription improvement successful some low-income and low-density areas and boost economical accidental and prime of beingness successful municipality and agrarian communities that person historically been underserved and deficiency entree to nationalist transportation.

“We are delivering a generational concern successful transit and proscription for each our communities,” Sen. Ossoff said. “I worked hard to guarantee the Local Transit Planning Support Act has been included successful this bipartisan infrastructure bundle to guarantee each communities — particularly for those that person been near retired — grow proscription infrastructure and economical opportunity.”

Leaders from crossed Georgia praised Sen. Ossoff’s measure erstwhile it was introduced past month, pointing to the interaction it would person successful their communities:

“Access to reliable nationalist transit is indispensable for debased and mean income communities successful Savannah and crossed our state, and Sen. Ossoff’s Local Transit Planning Support Act volition springiness metro readying organizations, similar ours, the tools they request to grow transit for much Georgia workers and families,” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said. “This measure promotes equity successful our assemblage and volition boost our section system – let’s get it done.”

“For low-income families successful Augusta, entree to transit means entree to jobs, kid care, education, and more,” said Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. “Sen. Ossoff’s caller measure to summation backing for metro readying organizations that service low-income communities volition assistance guarantee transit options are disposable for the Georgians who request it most, and I applaud his efforts connected this innovative legislation.”

“Sen. Ossoff’s authorities to beforehand transit equity volition bring much economical accidental to the Macon-Bibb County country and springiness low-income Georgians accrued entree to good-paying jobs, education, and kid care. Expanding entree to transit for low-income and low-population areas volition payment everyone crossed cardinal Georgia, and I’m arrogant to enactment with Sen. Ossoff to get his measure passed,” said Mayor of Macon-Bibb County, Lester Miller.

“In Valdosta, we’ve seen the affirmative effects of expanded transit options firsthand, and Sen. Ossoff’s caller measure to summation national backing for transit entree successful low-population areas volition proceed that important enactment and springiness much Georgians a changeable astatine success,” said Sandra Tooley, Valdosta City Councilwoman. “His Local Transit Planning Support Act is bully for Valdosta, and we’re arrogant to enactment him successful his enactment to get it signed into law. I privation to again convey Sen. Ossoff for each his enactment that helium is providing the citizens of Valdosta.”

“Access to nationalist transit is simply a cardinal indicator of economical and fiscal stability. Athens-Clarke County is excited to spouse with Sen. Ossoff connected this caller authorities to guarantee our readying enactment has the boost it needs to assistance bring transit options into the communities that person historically been underserved,” Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz said.