Ride in honor of Rosa Parks
To celebrate Rosa Parks’ birthday and her contributions to the civil-rights movement, we will not collect fares on the 1X buses, and our Dial-a-Ride service on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. All other services also remain free to ride.
About Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Parks boarded a bus to ride home from her job at a Montgomery, Alabama department store. As directed by city ordinance at that time, Parks, who was Black, sat in the first row of the “Colored Section” near the front.
The ordinance required Black passengers to give up their seats if the front seats reserved for white bus riders became full. When the bus driver ordered Parks to give up her seat, she refused. Her act of civil disobedience resulted in arrest and set in motion a national march toward racial equality.
It is our honor to celebrate her courageous example.
