Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/12/2026
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Categories
Moving Everyone: Rural-Urban Organizing for Transit
We welcome Connor Descheemaker of Transit for all PA! to our Webinar series this month. He says
We always say transit exists in all 67 counties across Pennsylvania, but what does that really mean, and who does it represent? Data shows us that there are just as high a percentage of non-drivers in our most rural communities as in our most urban, and those in power need to serve those riders with reliable, accessible service for work, healthcare and communities. Right now, Transit For All PA is base-building in small cities to identify what service looks like, and what it should look like. Learn how they are reaching workers and riders to identify how to make transit better.
Speaker Biography: Connor Descheemaker has more than a decade of experience building and facilitating diverse coalitions to achieve policy change, support local communities, and provide professional education and development. They came of age in Phoenix just as that famously-sprawling metro opened its first light rail line in 2008, and their exploration of a changing downtown ignited their interest in mobility and community in urban areas. They arrived in Philadelphia in 2022 to manage the Transit Forward Philadelphia coalition, and grew the group to 35 community-based organizations covering environmental justice, immigrant and refugee support, community development, political advocacy, and elder and disability rights. Now, Connor organizes transit riders and workers across Pennsylvania to build rural–urban solidarity for accessible and reliable public transportation in all 67 counties.