TRANSIT EQUITY DAY 2021 IN THE MEDIA
Transit Equity Day – Metropolitan Planning Council
Shaping a better, bolder, more equitable future for all in the greater Chicago region. For more than 80 years, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has made the Chicago region a better place to live and work by partnering with businesses, communities and governments to address the area’s toughest planning and development challenges.
www.metroplanning.org
National Transit Equity Day! – Eugene Springfield NAACP
Transit Equity Day, Tuesday, February 4, 2021, is a collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change. The Eugene/Springfield NAACP will hold a small Press conference to highlight this important work! Words from LTD Director Aurora Jackson, NAACP #1119 Executive Director…
naacplanecounty.org
NAACP celebrates Rosa Parks’ 108th birthday
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NAACP celebrates Rosa Parks’ 108th birthday – One News Page [US] VIDEO
NAACP celebrates Rosa Parks’ 108th birthday: NAACP celebrates Rosa Parks’ 108th birthday.. News video on One News Page[US] on Friday, 5 February 2021.
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United Methodist Women – Join the Transit Equity Days Community Hearing, Feb. 3 and 4Join the Transit Equity Days Community Hearing, Feb. 3 and 4 Join the hearing where United Methodist Women members and others will be sharing their testimonies in support of transit equity.
www.unitedmethodistwomen.org
Silicon Valley Bus Drivers Restored Community Rides for Free—By Taking Matters into Their Own…
With Covid cases surging in their ranks, bus drivers in Santa Clara, … of Rosa Parks on February 4, celebrated nationally as Transit Equity Day. But the …
Labor Notes
Letter to the editor: Transition fleet vehicles to electric, address air quality issues
Going back to September 1841, safe and equitable transit has continued to be a civil rights … 4 as Transit Equity Day, in honor of Rosa Parks.
The Augusta Chronicle
ATA Transit Equity Day forum focused on importance of transit …
ATA advocacy manager Lynda Lopez kicked things off by stating the premise of Transit Equity Day, that transit is a civil right. Lopez said …
Streetsblog Chicago
Citizens For Modern Transit Looks To The Future Of Public Transportation In The St. Louis Region
In honor of Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day, which commemorates Parks’ birthday on Feb. 4 and declares that equal access to public transit is a …
RiverBender
WATCH: Pete Buttigieg speaks after meeting with transportation workers
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg meets with frontline transit and rail … and in making sure transportation is an engine for equity in this country. … He said he will work to “ensure that every single day, everyone here finds …
PBS NewsHour
MTU spends Transit Equity Day honoring Rosa Parks
With her birthday falling on Transit Equity Day this year, he said it was just kind of perfect. The designated seat had a sign saying reserved in …
WXOW.com
Eau Claire buses honor Rosa Parks on Transit Equity Day
Beyond Transit Equity Day, Wagener says the city, in many ways, works to make their services equitable. “We have instituted an income …
WEAU
City waiving bus fares on National Transit Equity Day
Ride free on all ABQ RIDE buses and Sun Vans on Thursday, February 4, Transit Equity Day. More about that to come in the next few days.
KRQE News 13
La Crosse’s MTU saves a seat for Rosa Parks on Transit …
The day is ‘Transit Equity Day’, which is recognized by organizations across the U.S.. Parks famously refused to give up her seat on an Alabama …
News8000.com – WKBT
Thursday’s Headlines 02/04/2021 and Transit Equity Day …
Happy Transit Equity Day! Denver and the Metro Area. Hancock: “This city is already built for cars. We need to build other modes of transportation.
Streetsblog Denver
Letters: Fallon statue | Single-family zoning | LAFCO replacement | Transit Equity Day | Defending California | Gun control
Thursday marked Transit Equity Day, when transit rider unions, community organizations, environmental groups and labor unions come together …
The Mercury News
La Crosse transit to honor Transit Equity Day Thursday
(WKBT) — The La Crosse Metro Transit Utility will mark Transit Equity Day Thursday, honoring Rosa Parks by reserving a single seat on each …
News8000.com WKBT
The Promise of Transit Equity
Today, however, effective transit systems are hard to find outside of major … That is why the Wilderness Society supports Transit Equity Day …
The Wilderness Society
Buttigeig on Rosa Parks’s birthday promises ‘equity’ at Transportation Department | TheHill
It’s Transit Equity Day and Acting Administrator Fernandez believes we have a chance to honor the memory of Rosa Parks by building our …
The Hill
City, Community Advocates Announce Free Fares for Students …
This year, Albuquerque once again honors Rosa Parks and the push to improve public transit in Albuquerque with Transit Equity Day, on February 4—Parks’ …
City of Albuquerque
La Crosse MTU invites bus riders to honor Rosa Parks on …
(WKBT) — The city of La Crosse MTU invites the public to participate in Transit Equity Day on Thursday. For the past four years on Feb.
News8000.com – WKBT
VT Sierra Club hosts Vermont Transit Equity Day conversations and awards
The Vermont Sierra Club is joining this day of action on Feb. 4 by hosting its first-ever Transit Equity Awards, a Transit Equity Day virtual conversation with transit …
Mountaintimes
TriMet to offer free rides on inaugural ‘Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day’
… company will not charge fares for multiple services, including buses and MAX lines as part of its inaugural “Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day.”
KATU
Opinion: Honor Rosa Parks by demanding more support for …
4, we plan to join the Labor Network for Sustainability on Transit Equity Day as they connect Rosa Parks’ act of nonviolent resistance to the …
Berkeleyside
National Transit Equity Day honors Rosa Parks
National Transit Equity Day honors Rosa Parks.
Ashland Tidings
Events: You can be a part of the conversation on Transit …
Organizers for Transit Equity Day are hosting a virtual community hearing on transit and want testimony from the public from 3-7 pm on …
Greater Greater Washington
Rosa Parks honored with free transit rides on Thursday
Fares will not be collected on buses, MAX, WES or LIFT during the first annual Rosa Parks Equity Day. Transit partners Portland Streetcar and …
Pamplin Media Group
Here’s what we can do to make transit more equitable in DC
Transit Equity Day, February 4, is when civil rights, transportation and environmental organizations celebrate Rosa Parks’ birthday by calling on …
Greater Greater Washington
Sound Transit: Honoring the Legacy of Rosa…
Today, we celebrate Transit Equity Day – a national day of action to … 381 days – the same length of time as the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Auburn Examiner
MCTS announces winners of 1st Rosa Parks Tribute …
Thursday is the civil rights pioneer’s birthday and National Transit Equity Day. High school seniors in Milwaukee County who will attend a trade …
FOX 6 Milwaukee
Reserved bus seats pay tribute to Rosa Parks
The demonstration fell in line with what would have been Parks’ 108th birthday and what is Transit Equity Day. “A group of us are going to take …
WDIO
City transit will honor Rosa Parks Thursday by reserving bus …
The city of La Crosse will join in on national Transit Equity Day by reserving bus seats in honor of Rosa Parks on Thursday. The city MTU will …
La Crosse Tribune
Ride Greenlink for free on Thursday
… innovator in commercial vehicle electrification technology, to offer Fare Free Day on Thursday, February 4, or National Transit Equity Day, …
106.3 WORD
TriMet, Portland Streetcar and C-Tran waiving fares Thursday in honor of Rosa Parks
… will not collect any passenger fares for Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day. … not only in the transit industry but in America,” said Roberta Altstadt.
KATU
HART Transit Celebrates Rosa Parks’ Birthday With Free Bus …
Thursday marks Rosa Parks’ 108th birthday, and to celebrate her achievements and Transit Equity Day, Hart Transit will be offering free rides …
kicks1055.com
Play TranspoBINGO and help highlight the benefits of active …
The game coincides with Transit Equity Day and honors the birthday and legacy of Rosa Parks, Feb. 4. TranspoBINGO is inspired by Action ...
Greater Greater Washington
Before Rosa Parks: Caroline LeCount and others helped desegregate Philly streetcars
… but Philadelphia Transit Equity Day coalition hosts an event that also … “Racial justice and transit justice, they’re all tied up together,” said …
WHYY
Bay County to offer free trolley rides Thursday to honor Rosa Parks
Transit Equity Day was recently placed on Feb. 4 in a collaborative effort by several organizations to promote public transit as a right for all …
The News Herald
TriMet offers free rides Feb. 4 in honor of Rosa Parks’ birthday
TriMet will hold its first Rosa Parks Transit Equity Day on Thursday, Feb. 4, when fares will not be collected for rides on buses, MAX, WES or …
oregonlive.com
Looking ahead: Week of Feb. 1
Also happening this Thursday is a Virtual Transit Equity Day Celebration. Starting at 7 p.m. The Vermont Sierra Club, Transportation for …
WCAX
St. Mary’s County Commissioner Meeting Rollup February 2 | thebaynet.com
… significant milestones, African American History Month, Dating Violence Prevention Month and Transit Equity Day, by reading proclamations.
Bay Net
TxDOT gives itself go-ahead on $7.5B rebuild of I-45, and critics pounce
“The very act … of issuing the Record of Decision at this time and on the birthday of Rosa Parks and Transit Equity Day, demonstrates the …
Houston Chronicle
New book presents a retelling of the story of Saul and his conversion outside the walls of Damascus
Hope seems to be in limited supply these days for many people. … VT Sierra Club hosts Vermont Transit Equity Day conversations and awards …
Mountaintimes