tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8693812502660909842024-03-04T20:02:53.215-08:00Fare-Free NorthwestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-84713168580045418392020-03-09T19:34:00.005-07:002020-03-09T19:34:50.352-07:00Candidate for Washington State Legislature supports #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-2006005668058923852020-02-19T20:32:00.005-08:002020-02-19T20:32:57.182-08:00The fight for eco justice means fighting #racism<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/PDX_NAACP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PDX_NAACP</a> Summit for Climate Justice in Black & Brown Communities moderated by <a href="https://twitter.com/JoAnnPDX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoAnnPDX</a><br><br>Uplifting conversation about centering voices from the margins, building power through organizing, sources of hope, and a just transition 💕✊🌎 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenNewDeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GreenNewDeal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FarelessTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FarelessTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UpWithRiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UpWithRiders</a> <a href="https://t.co/4r48pvZAfI">pic.twitter.com/4r48pvZAfI</a></p>— Sarah Iannarone (she/her) (@sarahforpdx) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahforpdx/status/1230328288897196035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-47572091016278189012020-02-06T21:10:00.000-08:002020-02-06T21:10:12.457-08:00Candidate for US Congress OR-01 calls for #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-56290373090632918572020-02-06T18:46:00.003-08:002020-02-06T18:46:16.129-08:00For many, cars are a burden<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Too many are stuck with car ownership w/up to a third or more of income going to total cost of ownership. People don't want car ownership; they want reliable transit. Corps profit on car enslavement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePublicTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreePublicTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GND</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StrugglingClass?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StrugglingClass</a> Photo by Anthony from Pexels <a href="https://t.co/qOc1Od5mez">pic.twitter.com/qOc1Od5mez</a></p>— Albert Lee For Congress 🌹 (@AlbertLee2020) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlbertLee2020/status/1225479672449904642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-74381829607435199242020-01-30T22:29:00.003-08:002020-01-30T22:29:47.454-08:00Another reason for #freepublictransit -- fewer cars in the city means more room for trees<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1/ <a href="https://twitter.com/PPSConnect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PPSConnect</a> just cut down one of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Portland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Portland</a>’s largest street trees. <a href="https://t.co/WGQFO4oWN4">pic.twitter.com/WGQFO4oWN4</a></p>— Scott Kocher (@Scott_Kocher) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Kocher/status/1222913970782138368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-74235694957298284802020-01-12T05:17:00.001-08:002020-01-12T05:17:22.332-08:00How you gonna pay for #freepublictransit?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Trolls keep asking who's gonna pay for free public transit, while we keep throwing good money after bad on more highways. Rose Quarter now up to $795 million for less than two miles of widening. How many free buses would that pay for?<br />
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In light of the Governor’s letter, No More Freeways continues to demand that ODOT conduct a rigorous Environmental Impact Statement that could clarify whether ODOT is telling the truth in their claims that the Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion would somehow be the first in America that reduced traffic congestion, lowered carbon emissions or improved air pollution. Our independent analysis of ODOT’s traffic projections revealed numerous, easily-challenged assumptions and discrepancies with significant implications to the project’s public health and climate considerations. The public deserves nothing short of full accountability, transparency and honest assessment of these impacts for a proposed half billion dollar investment in fossil-fuel infrastructure on the dawn of our hastily arriving climate emergency.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-58832999746895540342020-01-08T16:19:00.000-08:002020-01-08T16:19:04.417-08:00Clatsop Cty, OR, K-12 #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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CLATSOP COUNTY — Beginning this month, all K-12 students in Clatsop County will have access to free public transportation, helping them get to school and back, as well as to extracurricular activities. The initiative launches as communities across Oregon are working together to address barriers that students face in getting to school.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-84833616213771226952020-01-03T17:53:00.000-08:002020-01-03T17:53:01.261-08:00Ridership up 38% in first year of fare-free service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Other medium-sized transit agencies have pioneered the fareless route. Corvallis Transit System was previously the largest transit agency in the Pacific Northwest to eliminate fare collection systemwide when it made the change in 2011. In its first year of fareless operation, Corvallis bus system ridership increased nearly 38%, according to the city government.<br /><br />The buses in Missoula, Bozeman and on Whidbey and Camano Islands, Washington, are also fareless. Island Transit relies on a dedicated county sales tax to pay for fare-free bus service. In Corvallis, the city council approved a monthly surcharge on all utility bills to pay for fareless bus service.<br />Mason Transit is fare-free within Mason County, but charges fares for out-of-county routes to places such as Brinnon, Bremerton and Olympia. North Idaho is home to a trio of small transit systems where all fixed routes are free to ride, namely Coeur d'Alene-based Citylink, SPOT Transit in Sandpoint and McCall Transit.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-51118450305612260382020-01-02T18:01:00.002-08:002020-01-02T18:01:25.522-08:00Candidate for US Congress WA-10 calls for #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-54097860176175103852019-12-11T17:32:00.001-08:002019-12-11T17:32:30.135-08:00"Community-powered, publicly-financed, future-facing progressive for Portland Mayor"<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">These aren't campaign slogans to me: I've been in this lane and have no plans to move out of it 👇 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UpWithRiders?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UpWithRiders</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FarefreeTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FarefreeTransit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurPortland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OurPortland</a> <a href="https://t.co/KVhHvFXqNZ">https://t.co/KVhHvFXqNZ</a></p>— #13seconds (@sarahforpdx) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahforpdx/status/1204882879345381376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-40186816706146330572019-12-08T22:43:00.001-08:002019-12-08T22:43:17.350-08:00Social media and blogs speaking up with support for #KCMO #freetransit decision<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Supporters of the measure on social media pointed out that free public transit could have positive impacts on economic inequality, the city’s efforts to fight the climate crisis, and mass incarceration—as other cities, like New York, are<a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/11/14/mta-will-spend-249m-on-new-cops-to-save-200m-on-fare-evasion/"> cracking down</a> on public transit fare evasion […]</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-87608267603177404422019-12-05T22:39:00.001-08:002019-12-05T22:39:06.986-08:00If Kansas City can do it...<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow! Groundbreaking news! Today Kansas City City Council voted to became the first major U.S. city to have fare-free public transit. The proposal will take effect next year. Perhaps <a href="https://twitter.com/trimet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@trimet</a> should be encouraged to look into this! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orpol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#orpol</a> <a href="https://t.co/pQOHNngNyw">https://t.co/pQOHNngNyw</a></p>— Patrick Maguire 🤓 (@OregonPatrick) <a href="https://twitter.com/OregonPatrick/status/1202832703436935169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-51583783440599082942019-11-27T17:58:00.002-08:002019-11-27T17:58:42.497-08:00Authorities are clearly trying to make using #publictransit as unpleasant as possible<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/VhyQGifHK7">pic.twitter.com/VhyQGifHK7</a></p>— Laura Vanderlyn (@vndlynArt) <a href="https://twitter.com/vndlynArt/status/1199093862976958465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-66553577484063621012019-11-25T18:30:00.002-08:002019-11-25T18:30:54.322-08:00Should Seattle-area passengers ride public transit for free?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Advocates in Seattle have <a href="https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2019/10/sawant-budget-proposals-1m-to-power-central-district-community-development-free-public-transit-study-and-salary-cuts-for-council-counterparts-and-mayor/">called</a> for eliminating the <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/king-county-metros-2-75-flat-fare-for-adults-takes-effect-sunday/">$2.75 fare</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/BrittneyBush/status/1195050422479638528">King County Metro buses</a> and the $2.25 to $3.25 fares for <a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/fares/link-light-rail-fares">Sound Transit</a> light rail.<br />Those calls grew louder after Sound Transit data showed <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/faced-with-racial-disparities-sound-transit-debates-changes-to-fare-enforcement/">black passengers get cited and punished disproportionately</a> for evading fares compared to other racial groups. Sound Transit is reviewing its fare-enforcement policies. (You can share your fare-enforcement experiences with Traffic Lab at <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/what-has-been-your-experience-with-the-seattle-regions-fare-enforcement-system-tell-us/">st.news/fareenforcementsurvey</a>.)<br />...<br />In 2013, the <a href="https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2013/03/how-free-transit-works-united-states/4887/">Estonian capital of Tallinn</a>, with a population of 400,000, made its transit system free. <a href="https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/paris-ponders-an-audacious-idea-free-transit-for-all/560522/">Paris began researching a free-transit plan</a> last year.<br />The <a href="https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/02/washington-fare-evasion-free-public-transport-train-ticket/582160/">Chapel Hill Transit agency</a> in North Carolina has been <a href="https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2013/03/how-free-transit-works-united-states/4887/">fare-free since 2002</a>, and the idea has been floated in <a href="https://www.westword.com/news/could-free-service-solve-denvers-transit-problems-11541316">Denver</a> and <a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/08/06/by-margin-salt-lake/">Salt Lake City</a>. In Washington’s Thurston County, officials at Intercity Transit have also proposed to make bus rides free <a href="https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article237257744.html">starting Jan. 1</a>.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-57961574582206831282019-11-25T18:18:00.000-08:002019-11-25T18:18:56.228-08:00Wow! Kansas City Mayor spills the beans on subsidy and racism!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Quinton Lucas: A few years ago in Kansas City, we brought back our streetcar system. It’s a short route that runs into downtown. We made all rides free. The area where the streetcar is is a higher-income, majority white, gentrified area. That started the talk of why are we subsidizing free rides to people making good money, but the clientele on the bus system in the largely black parts of town are still forced to pay?<br />
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...Lucas: Fares cover about $8 million a year, but we lose $1.5 million in collecting fares. The shortfall is about $6 million, and we can find that in the budget. The streetcar took $2 million from buses to [get the project started]. It was necessary startup funding in 2014, but in 2019 and 2020 it’s not.<br />
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The other step is improving how we spend money to stimulate economic development. After the recession, national firms came to us and said we’ll invest in downtown, but in exchange we need real guarantees and asked us to subsidize parking-garage costs. [In the last 10 years] taxpayers spent about $100 million subsidizing parking garages for these companies. </blockquote>
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...Lucas: We’ve crunched the numbers. Finding a few million in a large city budget is not that hard. We can wax poetic about fairness and equity in workforce opportunity, but there’s nothing more clear to me than saying, “Let’s help people, for many of whom $2,000 will make a world of difference.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-35871191104163107522019-11-25T13:55:00.003-08:002019-11-25T13:55:46.359-08:00Tacoma, WA, high schools - #freetransit<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big (Happy, Happy) Announcement: Free bus passes for ALL Tacoma Public Schools high school students. <a href="https://twitter.com/tacomaschools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tacomaschools</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TacomaCreates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TacomaCreates</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofTacoma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CityofTacoma</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PierceTransit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PierceTransit</a> <a href="https://t.co/u51yRk7zqW">pic.twitter.com/u51yRk7zqW</a></p>— Kenny Coble 🌹 コーブル健 (@KennyCoble) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennyCoble/status/1199066347608502272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-43327440853982091502019-11-19T23:44:00.001-08:002019-11-19T23:44:02.616-08:00IntercityTransit in Olympia going to fare-free<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starting Jan. 1st, <a href="https://twitter.com/intercitytransi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@intercitytransi</a> will become the nation's largest fare-free transit system. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeTransit</a> <a href="https://t.co/rgAd0sjsjb">https://t.co/rgAd0sjsjb</a></p>— Transit Riders Union (@SeattleTRU) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattleTRU/status/1196831950427893761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-27180251008071892622019-11-17T23:56:00.000-08:002019-11-17T23:56:05.431-08:00Bus service in Thurston County, WA, decides that #freeischeaper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One year after voters approved a sales tax increase to <a href="https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/traffic/article216490450.html">fund major changes</a> at Thurston County’s public transportation agency, officials at Intercity Transit are proposing to stop collecting fares and make bus rides free starting Jan. 1. </blockquote>
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The change would apply to bus service and Dial-A-Lift, a door-to-door service for people with disabilities. Fares now range from $0.50 to $3 depending on who is riding and where they are going. </blockquote>
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Those fares net less than 2 percent of IT’s operating revenue. Meanwhile, IT’s fare collection boxes need to be replaced. The agency says it looked at switching to a card-based payment system but most cost at least $1 million to introduce.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article237257744.html">https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article237257744.html</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-71661320485262287202019-11-10T00:01:00.001-08:002019-11-10T00:01:06.851-08:00Street Roots editorial: Time to explore fare-free public transit in Portland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6d6e70; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">Street Roots vendor Mark Rodriguez, who has an Honored Citizen pass for TriMet, was fined $175 because he forgot to tap his card before he got on a MAX train. He showed his receipt for Honored Citizen card but was still fined. Mark said he’s going to fight the ticket. It means time and emotional labor he cannot afford. (Street Roots photo)</span> </blockquote>
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Mobility is everything. The ability to get from point A to B means getting to a job, securing food, and accessing education, health care or assistance in any form. In a larger sense, it means the vibrancy of a community and the fulfillment of commerce. It is a fundamental element of a successful region like the Portland metro area.<br />And it’s time for us to explore what it would mean to have a fareless public transit system.<br />This proposition has major implications – economic, social and environmental – for riders and nonriders alike, which should be considered when deciding the future course of our region’s mobility.<br /><a href="https://news.streetroots.org/users/sr-editorial-board"><br /></a>First and foremost, we have to stop thinking of it as a radical idea. It’s not.</blockquote>
<a href="https://news.streetroots.org/2019/11/09/sr-editorial-time-explore-fare-free-public-transit-portland">https://news.streetroots.org/2019/11/09/sr-editorial-time-explore-fare-free-public-transit-portland</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-78273641448727009372019-11-08T11:53:00.000-08:002019-11-08T11:52:59.974-08:00Oil industry wants to make public transit as unpleasant as possible<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thread: This morning, Street Roots vendor Mark Rodriguez arrived at the office for the Friday morning new paper meeting angry and confused. Yesterday he received a $175 citation for failure to pay a fare on the Max train.</p>— Street Roots (@StreetRoots) <a href="https://twitter.com/StreetRoots/status/1192867001544232960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-58007794458908009702019-11-06T18:16:00.002-08:002019-11-06T18:16:29.452-08:00Over 400,000 vote against reducing car fees<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Time to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/taxbigbusiness?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#taxbigbusiness</a> for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/freetransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#freetransit</a>. They're going to regret tonight. <a href="https://t.co/9zSA1YTXhV">pic.twitter.com/9zSA1YTXhV</a></p>— Transit Riders Union (@SeattleTRU) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattleTRU/status/1191950099871608832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869381250266090984.post-261226221637219702019-10-31T16:59:00.003-07:002019-10-31T16:59:26.702-07:00Seattle Transit Riders Union<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We had a great time celebrating last night with Access riders, <a href="https://twitter.com/discommunityhub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@discommunityhub</a>, Washington ADAPT West and Stop Veolia Seattle! Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/yussuf58?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yussuf58</a> for taking some great photos including this one. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DisabilityRights?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DisabilityRights</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AccessForAll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AccessForAll</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeTransit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeTransit</a> <a href="https://t.co/fudsddbZCA">pic.twitter.com/fudsddbZCA</a></p>— Transit Riders Union (@SeattleTRU) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeattleTRU/status/1189943882416455681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0