Dates/Time
July 29, 2024
2:00 pm
Join TFN for a funder learning call with
TFN’s Mobility and Access Collaborative
Register here
When diplomacy and organizing fall short, is litigation an effective strategy? Join TFN’s Mobility and Access Collaborative to hear from funders and advocates who have launched legal challenges to push for more sustainable and equitable transportation systems.
While these cases focus on transportation, the lessons learned and strategies used are relevant to funders interested in supporting litigation regardless of their grantmaking focus.
Join our call to learn about:
- Litigation to stop the widening of I-45 through Houston amid concerns the project would create more pollution, reduce parkland and displace hundreds of families | Elizabeth Love of the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation and Gabe Cazares of LINK Houston
- A current lawsuit challenging the California Transportation Commission’s highway expansion project and its flawed environmental impact report that understates the expansion’s true effects on traffic, climate and air quality | Zak Accuardi of NRDC
- The emerging legal action sparked by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s last-minute decision to halt congestion pricing in New York City, an ambitious plan that aimed to reduce traffic and pollution while raising funds for better public transportation. | Arturo Garcia-Costa of New York Community Trust, Nick Sifuentes of Summit Foundation, Betsy Plum of Riders Alliance and Renae Reynolds of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
We’ll do quick updates on specific legal actions, then delve into a discussion about when litigation is appropriate and how funders can approach it.
Guest Speakers
ELIZABETH LOVE
Chief Executive Officer
The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation
GABE CAZARES
Executive Director
LINK Houston
ZAK ACCUARDI
Director, Mobility Choices
NRDC
NICK SIFUENTES
Program Director, Sustainable Cities
Summit Foundation
ARTURO GARCIA-COSTAS
Senior Program Officer, Local, National and International Environment
The New York Community Trust
BETSY PLUM
Executive Director
Riders Alliance
RENAE REYNOLDS
Executive Director
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
About The Mobility & Access Collaborative
TFN’s Mobility & Access Collaborative is an action-oriented effort that recognizes the urgency for ambitious and quickly implemented solutions to limit the devastating impacts of climate change. The collaborative brings together place-based, regional and national funders to share stories, examine best practices and explore critical issues.
If you would like to subscribe to TFN’s Mobility and Access Collaborative working group in order to receive newsletters and other resources, click here. For more information about TFN’s Mobility and Access Collaborative, contact Martha Roskowski at martha@fundersnetwork.org.
