Radio ads target Brown to support bill for $2 billion in transit funding

While Democratic senators attempt to steer a bill through Congress to deliver $2 billion in emergency funding to struggling public transit systems, transit unions are taking the wheel with a few radio ads targeted at specific lawmakers across the country, including Senator Scott Brown.

“Congress is voting on emergency funding to keep the buses and trains running. But will Senator Scott Brown support this effort? Right now he seems gridlocked,” says the ad, sponsored by the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transport Workers Union’s “Save Our Ride” campaign.

The ads are just in time to remind frustrated drivers on the road for the long holiday weekend just how much they hate traffic while they might actually be stuck in it.

The Massachusetts version of the ad also makes sure to add a little local color: “Traffic is bad all the time. We can’t afford another Big Dig and we don’t have room for new roads and we don’t need any more cars or more pollution. If only more people took the T or the bus -- but our transit system is going broke.”