Buses and Transportation to Washington, DC

Single-Payer Rally and Lobby Day on July 30th, 2009

Let us know if you’re organizing a bus to Washington.

Albany, NY – Stopping in Catskill, Coxsackie, and New Paltz

A bus will be leaving from Albany at 11:30 p.m. on July 29th, stopping in Catskill, Coxsackie, and New Paltz, arriving in Washington, D.C. around 8:00 a.m., July 30th. The bus will depart D.C. at 6:00 p.m.

Ticket Information: $50.00 each. Financial assistance is available.

For reservations or more information contact Alice Brody (Capital District) abrody@nycap.rr.com or 518-729-3068. Mary Finneran (Mid-Hudson) at msfinn123@yahoo.com or 518-622-9018. Art Richter (Lower Hudson) at arichter@hvc.rr.com or 845-338-9009.

Cleveland, OH

A bus will be leaving Cleveland, Ohio around 10:30 pm on July 29th with a stop in Streetsboro, OH, arriving in DC around 7:30 am. Cost is $50 roundtrip, financial assistance available. Contact Bob Parker at bob-bp@prodigy.net or Debbie Silverstein at dsilverstein@neo.rr.com for more information.

Louisville, KY

Contact: David Ross Stevens at davidross34@netscape.com or (812) 923-9400 (local to Louisville) or Kay Tillow at NurseNPO@aol.com

Massachusetts

Please email Benjamin Day at director@masscare.org for information.

New York, NY

Bus leaving from midtown Manhattan. $35.00 round trip. Leaving 7am from 41st and 8th Ave, and returning that evening. For tickets, please contact Jean Fox at jeanmaryfox@yahoo.com.

Philadelphia, PA

Join our bus to Washington by signing up here.

First come, first served. Round trip bus ticket is $30. Leaves Philadelphia at 7 AM and returns 7 PM that night.

For more information, contact Joan Martini at (215) 242 – 4057 or hcap.members@gmail.com.

Pittsburgh, PA

Buses leave Pittsburgh early morning, stop in Monroeville, then on to DC. Lobby, rally, return to Monroeville and Pittsburgh. Details to follow. Reserve your seat on the bus (HERE) or call 412-371-6650 for details.

Rochester, NY

A bus will be leaving from Rochester, NY at 12:00 a.m. (midnight) on July 30th, and arriving in Washington, D.C. around 8:30 a.m.

Please meet at the Suburban Plaza Park & Ride, 2199 E. Henrietta Rd., Rochester, NY 14623

The bus will depart Washington D.C. around 6:30 p.m. on July 30th, and arrive back in Rochester around 3:30 a.m. on July 31st.

Ticket Information: $50.00 each. Tickets available on sliding scale. If you can’t join us, please consider donating toward a ticket. Make checks payable to Progressive Democrats of Genesee Valley Foundation, Inc.

For reservations or more information, contact: Robin Wilt – robin@pdagv.org or 585-309-2638.

New Jersey

There are two buses available in NJ. A bus will leave from Cherry Hill Mall (Northeast corner near Penney’s) at 7:30 AM and a bus will leave from the Labor Education Center at Rutgers in New Brunswick at 8 AM.

Contact Deepak Kumar (kumard99@students.rowan.edu or 856-630-8774) to reserve a seat. Tickets are $20, which involves a $10 subsidy from South Jersey Health Care for All.

Syracuse, NY

A bus will be going from Syracuse leaving at 12:00 a.m. (midnight), Cortland 12:45a.m., and Binghamton 1:30a.m. People in Oneonta & Ithaca etc. can join at any of the 3 stops. We will leave DC about 6:00pm. Tickets $50.00 each. Tickets available on sliding scale.

If you can’t join us, please consider donating toward a ticket. For reservations or more detailed information contact: Rebecca Elgie at healthylink@earthlink.net or 607-272-0621

Virginia

United Virginia is registering people at their site for people all over the state.

West Virginia

Contact Lynn Moses Yellott at epspan@gmail.com to organize carpooling and possibly a bus.