{"id":8608,"date":"2014-06-17T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2014-06-17T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T04:35:00","slug":"thursday-is-roc-transit-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2014\/06\/thursday-is-roc-transit-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Guess What This Thursday is… ROC Transit Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nReconnect Rochester is a non-profit organization I founded a few years ago to advocate for transportation alternatives in Rochester. We work for pedestrian-friendly streets, and we push for improved public transportation. These things are important to me because I’ve seen firsthand what happens to places that focus too much attention on providing spaces for automobiles, and not enough on spaces for people.<\/p>\n

If you don’t quite get what I’m talking about, you can listen to me blabber on \"external<\/a>. But if you’re already with me, please make plans to leave your car at home this Thursday; a day we’re calling “ROC Transit Day”…<\/p>\n

\"ROC<\/a>
\nROC Transit Day \"external<\/a> is a campaign organized by Reconnect Rochester to encourage Rochesterians to use public transit. Our lofty goal is to get every Rochesterian to leave their car at home on June 19 as a show of support for a healthier community. Buuuut even if we just get a few hundred to join us, we think that’s a good start.<\/p>\n

To do this, we have been giving away 1,000 RTS bus passes to people who normally drive, and we’re educating them about why public transit is important, and how to use it. <\/p>\n

As added incentive to participate, we’ve also planned a bunch of fun activities for anyone who rides the bus that day:<\/p>\n