Public transit is a lifeline for countless Americans. Trump is derailing our protections | Lateefah Simon and Guillermo Mayer

The US will no longer hold transportation agencies accountable for unintentional discrimination. That’s devastating for those of us who depend on it As the first congenitally blind member of Congress and a former president of the Bay area Rapid Transit (Bart) Board, I know that the ability to move – to get to work, to school, to the doctor – is a freedom our nation’s civil rights laws have long promised to protect. Last month, the Trump administration derailed that promise. Through a regulato...

By Lateefah Simon and Guillermo Mayer