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Abbreviation | BRU |
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Formation | 1992 |
Type | Grassroots Civil Rights Organization |
Purpose | "The Bus Riders Union seeks to promote environmentally sustainable public transportation for the entire population of Los Angeles, on the premise that affordable, efficient, and environmentally sound mass transit is a human right." |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Region served | Los Angeles, California |
Membership | 3,000[1] |
Chairperson | Barbara Lott-Holland |
Chairperson | Eric Mann |
Website | thestrategycenter.org/project/bus-riders-union |
The Bus Riders Union (BRU) (also called Sindicato de Pasajeros (SDP) and 버스 승객 조합 (버승조)) is a United States civil rights social movement organization established in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Led by a planning committee, its multilingual membership is drawn from the predominantly low-income, African-American, Latino and Asian mass transit ridership of Los Angeles County. The BRU's central focus has been policies of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) that it identifies as racial discrimination. The BRU attracted international attention when it successfully sued LACMTA under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in 1994 and its example has inspired similar efforts to organize mass transit passengers.[2][3][4][5][6]