Keeping Our Promises to Veterans Means Funding Transit

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When we talk about keeping faith with our veterans, we often focus on health care, housing, and jobs. But there’s a quieter, less visible barrier standing between millions of veterans and the benefits they earned: transportation.

For too many veterans — especially those living on fixed incomes or in rural communities — the simple question of how to get to a doctor’s appointment, job interview, or classroom can determine whether civilian life is stable or precarious.