Sign the Petition: Support Zero Fares Transit ABQ into 2023

What’s Happening with #ZeroFares?

In 2021, Albuquerque City Council approved $3M to fund zero-fare transit for everyone, eliminating barriers to transit access for all riders until December 31, 2022. The Zero Fares coalition is organizing our communities to urge the City Council to support funding zero-fare transit through June ‘23.

Why #ZeroFares?

BQ Ride reports:

🚍 74% of riders are low income

🚍 73% of riders either don’t have a vehicle or their vehicle isn’t working

🚍 Vast majority of riders are people of color

NM Voices for Children reports:

🚍 Area nonprofits saved $1.6M over the most recent three fiscal years that previously went to purchasing bus passes.

🚍 Transit savings may now be reinvested into client services

Zero Fares are about equity (people most impacted getting what they need) and racial justice (addressing historic injustice and disparities based on ethnicity and race) Continued funding of the Zero Fares pilot project is the right direction for Albuquerque.

The following toolkit will help your organization support the campaign for Albuquerque’s Zero Fares transit pilot program via digital organizing to ensure its continued funding in the city budget through June 2023. Here is the link to this toolkit:

You will find social media guidance including sample written messaging and graphics.. We encourage our partners to amplify the campaign by posting the graphics on various digital platforms and adapt the written messaging as needed, while maintaining campaign consistency with unified messaging.