{"id":1030,"date":"2017-02-12T20:32:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T23:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2017-02-12T20:32:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T23:32:55","slug":"proposed-metrobus-cuts-continue-a-long-intertwined-history-of-transit-and-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Metrobus cuts continue a long, intertwined history of transit and race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post I wrote for Greater Greater Washington, I make the case that the proposed cuts to WMATA bus routes will have harm people-of-color the most&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ggwash.org\/view\/62135\/transit-and-race-in-the-washington-region-have-a-long-intertwined-history#comment_333058\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/ggwash.org\/view\/62135\/transit-and-race-in-the-washington-region-have-a-long-intertwined-history#comment_333058', '&#8220;The struggle for equitable public transportation began as a fight for the civil rights of transit riders and workers. It remains so today, as WMATA considers cuts to bus service across the region&#8230;.&#8221;');\">&#8220;The struggle for equitable public transportation began as a fight for the civil rights of transit riders and workers. It remains so today, as WMATA considers cuts to bus service across the region&#8230;.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have received a lot of positive feedback on this post and have even been informed that a couple local justice organizations are reevaluating how they prioritize WMATA as a key component of their racial justice program work.  <\/p>\n<p>Please read it and share as these cuts are still in the negotiation phase.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post I wrote for Greater Greater Washington, I make the case that the proposed cuts to WMATA bus routes will have harm people-of-color the most&#8230; &#8220;The struggle for equitable public transportation began as a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/?p=1030'>Read the Post<span class='screen-reader-text'>Proposed Metrobus cuts continue a long, intertwined history of transit and race<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,58,28],"tags":[94,95,93],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thatfinalstraw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}