Biography of Marc Stier

Marc Stier is a teacher and community activist who has taught and written about and taken an active role in politics and community service for most of his life.

Marc’s Leadership of the Northwest Campaign for Public Transportation

When SEPTA threatened to discontinue the R8 train in the spring of 2003, Marc led the effort to create the Northwest Campaign for Public Transportation (NCPT). The NCPT is a coalition of community groups from Germantown, East Falls, Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. The NCPT’s petition drive collected over 8000 signatures. NCPT representatives testified at public hearings. And Marc led a protest rally that began on the R8 in Chestnut Hill and continued at the Convention Center where SEPTA was holding hearings on its plans. The NCPT is working to restore half-hour mid-day service on the R8 by organizing the community and lobbying SEPTA and Governor Rendell.  As a representative of the NCPT, Marc has also worked with transit advocacy groups throughout Philadelphia and across the state to increase state funding for public transit. He has traveled to Harrisburg to lobby state legislators and to speak at public rally for mass transit.

Find out more about the NCPT at the NCPT website.