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It's a Wednesday night in the Tenderloin. This building may not look like much from the outside, but inside members of the fledgling Transit Justice Project are teaming up to build a better Muni.

Razzu is the organizer of the meeting. He was inspired by transit rider unions he had seen in other transit dependent cities.

Razzu: "The goal of the Transit Justice Project is to involve regular Muni riders in making transit planning process... It's very important to have the folks that ride the bus everyday as part of what you get as input as how things actually run."

There was a lot input.

Tenderloin residents brought up issues ranging from Muni's poor reliability to its lack of accountability.

They also discussed impending route changes from the Transit Effectiveness Project.

Peter came to voice his frustrations with Muni.

Peter: "I think it's a problem with Muni and I think we need to do something and we need to have a grassroots input on this issue actually, and that's why I'm interested in participating in this group."

Many joined the project to fight against what they see as the City's unequal treatment of its citizens.

Rick: "The Transit Justice Project is something that's really related to environmental as well as economic justice -- the fact that folks who use transit are the folks that don't have cars."

Razzu: "These people don't make enough money to own a car. Very expensive to own a car, especially where gas is going to $4.00 a gallon particularly being in a city where parking is difficult. These people need to be able to get where they're going: work, school, hospital, friends and neighbors. They need to be able to get around."