🚨 URGENT: Say NO to I55 lane bill! It will ⬆️climate+diesel emissions in Little Village, Pilsen, Chinatown, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, Archer Heights +more who deserve clean air! Call your Senators: NO to HJR23. #CleanAirNow #ProtectOurCommunities #NoToI55Emissions #twill 🧵
🚨 URGENT: Say NO to the I55 managed lane proposal that will contribute to climate and diesel emissions in Little Village and Pilsen. Our communities deserve clean air! Call your Senator and urge them to oppose HJR23. #CleanAirNow #ProtectOurCommunities #NoToI55Emissions
Anthony from Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) highlights the ongoing pollution that communities from the 'Asphalt Triangle' is burdened with. 'We need clean air, clean transit and clean politics.'
#CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
🚨ALERT: HB2878, the bill that gives broad permission for public-private funding of large transportation projects like I-55 widening, will be heard in the House Executive Committee at 8:30am TOMORROW. #NoToI55Emissions
File a witness slip to OPPOSE SFA2➡️
my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Cr…
Thank you to MY REP Theresa Mah. 'My constituents made it clear that they did not want to see these expansions' is ACCURATE.
Lives are literally at stake with this expansion. This would affect the air quality of my family and neighbors. #CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
11 Nays, 8 Not Voting, and 1 Present - Rs needed to pass. Some of you listened, and it shows.
Sending deep gratitude to everyone who moved with EJ communities on the SW Side in fighting major ⬆️ diesel pollution.
Also? This isn’t the end—it’s not built, yet. #NoToI55Emissions
Call on the General Assembly to oppose HB2878, which contains new pathways to highway expansions like the I-55 expansion in HJR23.
Mr. McNary from Citizen Action IL with the gems...
'fast tracked deals very rarely benefit the public.'
#CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
Jose from LVEJO speaks on the harm this expansion would do to our communities and the LACK of community engagement. 'Highway expansion adds more vehicles to the road...' thus adding more pollution, y'all. Make it make sense!
#CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
.Brian Urbaszewski from Respiratory Health Association speaks on health deaths due to diesel pollution.
We know the data, y'all!
#CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
“The most successful route to reducing congestion is to provide people with alternatives, including safe, reliable and frequent public transit.” #NoToI55Emissions
chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/20/2373…
There's still time to pump the brakes on dangerous legislative proposals that would add lanes to I-55 & give broad permission for public-private funding of large transportation projects. #NoToI55Emissions
Urge your lawmakers to oppose HB2878 & HJR23:
ilenviro.salsalabs.org/highwayexpansi…
Illinois doesn't need more expensive & privatized toll roads! Why does Springfield want to repeat the Skyway and Chicago Parking Meter debacles with I-55? There are so many faster, better, and proven ways to reduce congestion! #NoToI55Emissions
news.wttw.com/2023/05/23/opp…
Imagine this: Unfriendly private neighborhood industrial polluters, lining up to fund I55 lanes bc they've all been dreaming about running more semi trucks in Black and brown communities already pummeled w dirty air. #CleanAirNow #ProtectOurCommunities #NoToI55Emissions #twill
HAPPENING NOW: Environmental justice orgs & allies are hosting a press conference to call on the General Assembly to oppose HB2878, which contains new pathways to highway expansions like the I-55 expansion in HJR23. #CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
WATCH: facebook.com/ilenviro/live
Kate Lowe notes that “Adding lanes does not even fix congestion.” Nobody likes traffic, and this proposal would actually add *more* traffic to I-55. We must say #NoToI55Emissions !
‼️‼️ HRJ23 IS BACK, and assigned to Senate Executive Committee at 4:30. File a slip opposed here 📢📢 my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Cr…
NO to expansion of I55, NO to increased air pollution on the Southwest Side!
#NotoI55Emissions
Guess who is most affected by transportation pollution?
Guess?
Guess?
DING DING DING... People of Color... this is environmental racism.
Oppose HB2878, which contains new pathways to highway expansions like the I-55 expansion in HJR23
#CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
Who benefits from an expansion of I-55?
Who doesn’t?
Call on the General Assembly to oppose HB2878, which contains new pathways to highway expansions like the I-55 expansion in HJR23. #CleanAirNow #NoToI55Emissions
“We have crowded highways polluting our communities, and their answer is *more* of that…we don’t need more pollution, we don’t need more lanes…we need clean air, clean transit, and clean politics.” Anthony Moser, Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) #NoToI55Emissions
