CARTA Says Dump the Pump - Free Rides This Thursday on All Routes
Posted by Chad Norman June 17th, 2008 .
This Thursday, June 19th, is National Dump the Pump Day, and CARTA is celebrating by offering free rides on all routes. Cheers to CARTA for giving us this opportunity to participate and save a little money, all while helping the environment and promoting public transportation.
“We hope that new riders will consider trying CARTA on National Dump the Pump Day, which will highlight transit nationally,” said Howard Chapman, executive director of CARTA. “We’ll do the same locally by offering free rides—reinforcing that CARTA is a way for people to save money and also help save the environment in a small way.”
CARTA ridership is up 20% from last year, so let’s keep that trend going. Get out and ride those buses, and let CARTA know that we will use public transportation if it is there. The more we ride, the more they will try to improve the system - which will hopefully include better bus stops and more routes throughout the area.
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CARTA has been standing-room-only for the past couple months already, so this just made it more packed. When will gas prices go down and people go back to riding their cars so I can have a seat to myself again? : )
Seriously, there were some new riders on the bus this a.m., the Post & Courier was there taking videos and interviewing riders, and CARTA also handed out some “I Rode CARTA” stickers.
If all the new riders are here to stay, let’s hope CARTA can plan and implement a timely expansion.