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RTD offers free transit to everyone Tuesday for Transit Equity Day, in remembrance of Rosa Parks 02:03. The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for Another statue commemorates Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, spurring the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by King and Regional Transportation District RTD free fares tickets Tuesday Feb 4: Zero Fare for Transit Equity Day honors civil rights leader Rosa Parks birthday maps routes. the back of a segregated bus Transit Equity Day emphasizes the need for equity in public transportation – a movement that Parks’ actions helped spur more than 60 years ago. About Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks, is widely celebrated as a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Parks, a Black woman, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Bay County’s public transit system announced that bus services would be free Tuesday for Rosa Parks’ birthday and Transit Equality Day. The NAACP of Lake County is offering free All-Day bus passes to those interested in riding Laketran during the Rosa Parks' tribute. Free bus passes can be picked up at Painesville Furniture RTD will be free annually on February 4 for Transit Equity Day, celebrating Rosa Parks by affirming equal access to public This RTD bus in 2024 was designed for the sixtieth anniversary of the Join CATS as we recognize Transit Equity Day and the important work of Rosa Parks by riding fare-free on all CATS services. For questions or concerns, community members can speak to CATS customer service at 704.336. 7433. Rosa Parks’ brave act of defiance on a bus in 1955 ignited a movement for civil rights and transit equity, paving the way for greater accessibility and inclusivity in public transportation. As a tribute to Rosa Parks, we are designating a seat at the front of every bus with a special “Reserved for Rosa Parks” sign. This gesture serves as NORFOLK, Va. — This Black History Month, Hampton Roads Transit, or HRT, is honoring Rosa Parks by offering free rides. Transit Equity Day, observed annually on Parks’ birthday — Feb. 4 County Connection honors Ms. Rosa Parks’ defiance of racial segregation laws while riding a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her courage forever changed public transportation and the course of American history. Note: You can find a commemorative sticker on each County Connection bus placed in honor of Rosa Parks, right in the area Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. This celebration will honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks, her life, and her legacy on the anniversary of her birthday. Free rides offered by the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will include services on Local Bus, Light Rail, Metro Subway, MARC Train, Mobility and Commuter Bus. A Laketran rider sitting next to the seat marked reserved in honor of Rosa Parks. Throughout the week of Feb. 3, 2025, the first seat on Laketran and Geauga Transit buses will be reserved for a The sign features an image of Parks saying, “Today, this seat is reserved in honor of Rosa Parks.” The tribute comes on what would have been her 112 th birthday. This year also marks the 20 th anniversary of Metro’s historic Rosa Parks bus. The commemorative bus is the same model she protested on and was refurbished in 2005 after Parks Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Born in February 1913, Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in 1955 led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks' Bus . In 1955, African Americans were still required by a Montgomery, Alabama, city ordinance to sit in the back half of city buses and to yield their seats to white riders if the In celebration of Transit Equity Day on February 4, Montgomery County is offering a fare-free day on all its Ride On buses, a gesture to honor civil rights icon Rosa Parks on her birthday. Rosa Rosa: Good night, Louise. (Louise exits, as Rosa approaches the bus. Bus driver goes through motions of opening the door etc. Rosa steps near the bus driver, goes through the motions of paying the money, then exits off the bus, and re-enters from the rear, finding a seat in the middle row next to Marjorie.)
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