June 19 is Free Transit Day
Posted By Gary Wiens On June 18, 2008 @ 12:27 am In BART, Caltrain, Free, Transportation | Comments Disabled
This Thursday, June 19, transit will be free all day on Bay Area bus and light rail systems, and until 12 noon on BART, trains, and ferries. The region’s 30 transit systems [1] including BART, Caltrain, the ACE train, Dumbarton Express, SamTrans, along with VTA light rail and buses will participate.
This is the last free ride since “Spare the Air” day began in 2004. Last summer there were two “Spare the Air” days that cost $4.6 million. With a lack of federal funding the two government agencies, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, have determined that the money could be better spent in long-term projects other than reducing emissions for only a few days.
“Spare the Air “ will become “Spare the Air Every Day” and will urge the public to reduce energy use every day.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) [2]
511 [3]
Google Transit [4]
Article printed from San Jose Metblogs: http://sanjose.metblogs.com
URL to article: http://sanjose.metblogs.com/2008/06/18/june-19-is-free-transit-day/
URLs in this post:
[1] 30 transit systems: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/info/spare-the-air.htm
[2] Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA): http://www.vta.org/
[3] 511: http://511.org/
[4] Google Transit: http://www.google.com/transit
[5] Bay Area Air Quality Management District: http://www.baaqmd.gov
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