At a July 13, 2006 forum hosted by the League of Young Voters and held at the Union Project in Highland Park, Dan Onorato drew applause from the capacity crowd, which consisted largely of pro-bus, anti-highway partisans. Heather Sage, director of outreach for environmental group PennFuture, asked Onorato if he’d support a moratorium on the state Turnpike Commission buying properties along the route of the proposed Mon-Fayette Expressway. Onorato’s agreement drew shouts from the crowd. “If we can’t move transit to housing, why not move housing to transit?” he said.