Jan 28, 2025 · The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is announcing that all transit fare will be fare-free in honor of Transit Equity Day, Tuesday, Feb. 4. Transit Equity Day is a nationally recognized day to promote equity and accessibility in public transit. This day serves to honor the legacy of the civil rights activist, Rosa Parks on what would have ...

6 days ago · NATIONWIDE - Today, in honor of Rosa Parks’ birthday, labor unions, racial justice groups, environmental organizations, transit groups, and disability advocates are joining together to elevate public transit as a civil right and essential to healthy communities.. Rosa Parks’ historic resistance to segregation on public transit, in the context of …

Jan 16, 2025 · SacRT invites you to join us in commemorating the legacy of Rosa Parks on Transit Equity Day, Tuesday, February 4, 2025. 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 ...

Jan 31, 2025 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Celebration to Honor Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks on Her Birthday. BALTIMORE, MD (January 31, 2025) – In recognition of National Transit Equity Day, Tuesday February 4, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration will offer free rides across all services including Local Bus, Light Rail, Metro Subway, MARC Train, Mobility and Commuter Bus.

Transit Equality Day or "Transit Equity Day" is a holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks, celebrated in the United States on her birthday, February 4. Rosa Parks Day was created by a network of Unions, including the Labor Sustainability Network, in 2017. [1]

6 days ago · In honor of Transit Equity Day – and Rosa Park’s legacy – CAT is offering free rides on all fixed-route buses and paratransit services. It is all about making public transit accessible to ...

Rosa Parks’ courageous act of defiance, against segregation and discrimination, was a historically significant moment in the fight for equal treatment for Black Americans. Transit Equity Day serves as a lasting way to commemorate her legacy in creating fair …

Feb 1, 2024 · On Transit Equity Day, and the week that follows, activists are organizing events in dozens of cities — opportunities for anyone to begin their participation in the civil rights struggle for transit equity. In the words of Rosa Parks, “The …

Every February, the Labor Sustainability Network coordinates Transit Equity Day, a nationwide day of action that highlights the importance of equitable public transit in ongoing struggles for...

Feb 6, 2023 · On this Transit Equity Day and beyond, The People’s Transit Alliance seeks to carry Parks’ radical history into the present and imagine organizing for a better transit system as one part of a broader struggle. When we organize transit workers and riders, we build power at a key political and economic intersection in the East Bay.