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Recent
Press Releases
2006
August
23, 2006
BRU urges MTA Board to reject Mayor’s “Free Transit
Week” proposal and commit identified funds to reduce monthly
bus pass from $52 to $48
July
25, 2006
Mayor Villaraigosa & L.A. City Council: Repeal the Police Tax!
We Want a 1,000 More Buses, a 1,000 Less Police!
May
25, 2006
BRU Has Won Significant Improvements, but MTA Still Has NEVER
Complied with Decree’s Requirements-- Extend the Consent
Decree Until MTA Complies!
April
10, 2006
MTA CEO Threatens to Raise Fares and Cut Service
Feb
21, 2006
BRU's Statement Regarding Special Master Donald Bliss's Resignation
2005
December
15, 2005
BRU Wins Back Some of What MTA Stole from Bus Riders
December
2, 2005
BRU Wins Split Decision in Grueling Legal Fight
September
22, 2005
BRU to MTA Board, "Just Say No!" MTA Consent Decree Compliance
Plan Comes Up Short on all Critical Items
July
28, 2005
BRU Asks MTA: "What will it be, Civil Rights Compliance or
Business as Usual?"
April
28, 2005
MTA Board to Consider Recent Federal Court Order to Expand Metro
Rapid Bus Service--BRU Urges MTA: Vote to Implement Civil Rights
Court Order, No Appeals
April
19, 2005
BRU Delivers Major Blow to MTA's Transit Segregation Policy
April
19, 2005
BRU Wins Federal Court Order to Expand MTA's Metro Rapid Bus Fleet
& Service--Strikes Blow at MTA Policies of Transit Racial Segregation
January
19, 2005
BRU Files 5-Year Plan for Countywide New Bus Service To Break Down
Transit Segregation
2004
March
9, 2004
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Bus Riders Union Request
Courts Extend Life of MTA/BRU Consent Decree
January
13, 2004
Once Again MTA Ordered to Fulfill Civil Rights of Los Angeles Bus
Riders
2003
October
23, 2003
BRU Jumpstarts the Peoples' Bus Emergency Transit Service
October
21, 2003
Bus Riders Union and Students rally calling on supervisor Zev yaraslovsky
to
end the bus strike!
October
20, 2003
The Bus Riders Union and Community Organizations Demand that the
MTA Stop Provoking the Strike:
Stop Holding Bus Riders Hostage to Your Rail Mania!
October
18, 2003
Bus Riders Already Hit with Service Cuts, Continued Overcrowding
and Eminent Fare Increase Demand:
"MTA Board, End the Strike NOW!"
October
14, 2003
BRU Demands MTA Board of Directors:
“Stop the Shell Game Now! Don’t Provoke a Strike!”
September
10, 2003
BRU Schools MTA on Student Transit:
BRU Launches Student Bus Pass Registration Drive in L.A. Schools;
First Stop: SF Valley's Cleveland High School
August
27, 2003
Democrats, Senators Murray and Kuehl Propose to Tax Working Class
Communities of Color to Death:
BRU Holds Rally at Governor Davis's Office to Urge Veto on 1/2-Cent
Sales Tax and Expo JPA
July
25, 2003
MTA's Pasadena Gold Line: Bad for Civil Rights, Bad for Transit
June
19, 2003
National Study Highlights Racism in Transit Policies:
Harvard Report Findings Affirm Bus Riders Union Demands for Increased
MTA Spending on Poor and Minority Bus Riders
May
22, 2003
Showdown at MTA Board on Fare Increases:
BRU Urges MTA Board to Reject Class Biased and Racist Fare Increases
May
22, 2003
Where Can MTA Get $50 Million to Avoid a Fare Increase for 450,000
Poor and Minority Riders?
May
20, 2003
BRU Calls on Mayor Hahn, Entire MTA Board: Vote "NO"
on Fare Increases
May
13, 2003
BRU Responds to KNX Editorial on MTA's Proposed Fare Increase
April
11, 2003
History Repeats Itself: Since 1985, MTA Has Used Fare Hikes
to Kill Bus Ridership and Pay for Rail
March
19, 2003
Federal Court Orders MTA to Expand by 125 Buses
February
27, 2003
BRU Urges an MTA "NO" Vote on County-wide Service
Cuts
February
14, 2003
BRU Opposes San Gabriel Valley Service Cuts
February
14, 2003
BRU Opposes San Fernando Valley Service Cuts--MTA to Slash 15,000
Service Hours
February,
2003
BRU Will Oppose Any MTA Fare Hikes
2002
November
13, 2002
BRU Civil Rights Rally at City Hall
November
13, 2002
What has the Bus Riders Union Won for the San Fernando Valley?
October
23, 2002
BRU Opposes Secession as Selfish and Racially Discriminatory
Movement
October
1, 2002
BRU Wins “First Down Payment” for Years of Racial
Discrimination
August 13, 2002
LAUSD Votes in Support of BRU Motion to Break Down Barriers
to MTA Student Bus Pass
August
7, 2002
MTA Does an About-Face, Admits 87% of Bus Lines in Violation
of Consent Decree
August
6, 2002
Federal Courts Rule, MTA in 96% Violation of Overcrowding Limit
July
23, 2002
BRU Charges MTA With Deception, MTA Falsely Claims 98% Overcrowding
Compliance
June
27, 2002
L.A. Community College District Urges MTA, Don’t Try to
Raise Student Fees
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