Bosses for Buses: Surging Local Support, Fractured National Voices Greg LeRoy Executive Director ~ Good Jobs First Center for Transportation Excellence.

Bosses for Buses:Bosses for Buses:Surging Local Support, Surging Local Support,

Fractured National VoicesFractured National Voices

Greg LeRoyGreg LeRoy

Executive Director ~ Good Jobs FirstExecutive Director ~ Good Jobs First

Center for Transportation ExcellenceCenter for Transportation Excellence

June 26, 2013 ~ AtlantaJune 26, 2013 ~ Atlanta

Good Jobs First:Good Jobs First:A Resource for Transit A Resource for Transit

and Smart Growth Advocatesand Smart Growth Advocates Website with Many Tools @ Website with Many Tools @

www.goodjobsfirst.orgwww.goodjobsfirst.org Model Research and PublicationsModel Research and Publications Training and SpeakingTraining and Speaking Technical AssistanceTechnical Assistance Partnerships with CoalitionsPartnerships with Coalitions

Our Claims to FameOur Claims to Fame Since 2000, key advocate for smart Since 2000, key advocate for smart

growth within organized labor growth within organized labor

Close to Amalgamated Transit Union, Close to Amalgamated Transit Union, co-organizers of rider-organizing co-organizers of rider-organizing “boot camps”“boot camps”

Co-founders of Americans for TransitCo-founders of Americans for Transit

Unique studies mapping economic Unique studies mapping economic development incentive dealsdevelopment incentive deals

Bosses for BusesBosses for Buses Outside the Beltway: Groups of Outside the Beltway: Groups of

transit-dependent employers & transit-dependent employers & providers, TDM/vanpool providers, TDM/vanpool providers, vendors, providers, vendors, design/engineers, developersdesign/engineers, developers

Inside Beltway: APTA, CTAA and Inside Beltway: APTA, CTAA and ACT (all w/ corporate members) + ACT (all w/ corporate members) + third-party administratorsthird-party administrators

Transit-Dependent Transit-Dependent EmployersEmployers

““Eds and Meds”Eds and Meds”

Low-wage EmployersLow-wage Employers

Companies in Congested PlacesCompanies in Congested Places

Those Who Serve Disabled, Those Who Serve Disabled, Elderly, StudentsElderly, Students

Washington University - St. Louis

TDM/Vanpool ProvidersTDM/Vanpool Providers

AssociationAssociations of big-city s of big-city and of small and of small & medium-& medium-market market transit transit systemssystems

Transit Benefit Transit Benefit AdministratorsAdministrators

(Third-Party Administrators, TPAs)(Third-Party Administrators, TPAs)

Transit/TOD Transit/TOD Developers, Builders & Developers, Builders &

PlannersPlanners

SuppliersSuppliers

Companion Resource:Companion Resource:Rider-Organizing ManualRider-Organizing Manual

Building a Pro-Transit 501(c)Building a Pro-Transit 501(c)(4)(4)

ContactContact

Greg LeRoyGreg LeRoyGood Jobs First Good Jobs First

202-232-1616 x 211202-232-1616 x [email protected]@goodjobsfirst.org