It's time for sustainable transit choices » The Commercial Appeal

Guest Column: It's time for sustainable transit choices » The Commercial Appeal: "'In the Memphis metropolitan community, we have many neighborhoods where working-class folks cannot get to their place of employment, cannot get to the doctor's office, or even to a full-scale grocery store or vegetable market because there is not adequate transportation that easily connects them to the facilities they need for a healthy quality of life,' says Rita Harris, environmental justice community organizer with the Sierra Club for Memphis and the surrounding area. 'As we make decisions for future transportation planning, the needs of people in our low-income and working-class areas must be factored into the plans.'"