New Orleans RTA to offer free rides on Rosa Parks Day

Yasmin Garaad
·1 min read

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will offer free rides for Rosa Parks Day on Sunday, Feb. 4.

Leaders with the RTA announced that riders can ride at no charge on all RTA buses, streetcars and ferries on Rosa Parks Day, also known as Transit Equity Day.

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The free ride is the result of the RTA Board of Commissioners adopting the agency Fare Policy on Sept. 27, 2022. This policy sets fare-related guidance at RTA, including goals, values and commitments.

The policy observes Rosa Parks Day on her birthday, Feb. 4, and Claudette Colvin Day on her birthday, Sept. 5.

Leaders with the RTA said as part of the agency’s commitment to transit equity, “the RTA is proud honor their courageous assertions of equal rights for African Americans,”

For more information visit the RTA website or call RIDELINE at (504)-248-3900.

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