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Transportation Equity through Innovative Legal Theory and Organized Community-Led Effort

People living in central cities who need and want to work often do not have transportation to jobs, unless they can take public transportation.

People living in central cities who need and want to work often do not have transportation to jobs, unless they can take public transportation. In Free to Ride, a film by OSU’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, learn about how the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) in Dayton, Ohio was willing to add a bus stop to make a suburban mall and health care facility accessible for Dayton residents - but the suburb’s city council voted down the RTA’s request. ABLE’s innovative legal work on behalf of concerned Dayton citizens resulted in transportation equity for thousands.

Link to the article: http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/film-highlights-groundbreaking-tactic-decision-resulting-in-safe-bus-ride-to-mall/

Watch the film, Free to Ride: http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/watchfreetoride/

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Advocates for Basic Legal Equality

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE) is a non-profit regional law firm that provides high quality legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low-income individuals and groups in western Ohio achieve self reliance, and equal justice and economic opportunity.