{"id":1,"date":"2019-03-18T21:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T04:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-08-20T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T18:43:27","slug":"march-18-is-national-transit-driver-appreciation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/march-18-is-national-transit-driver-appreciation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Transit Driver Appreciation Day to highlight RTC contracted drivers, March 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>National Transit Driver Appreciation Day to highlight RTC contracted drivers, March 18<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Riders encouraged to recognize favorite drivers via social media<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Thank%20%40RTCSNV%20contracted%20drivers%20on%20Transit%20Driver%20Appreciation%20Day%203%2F18%21%20%20Show%20love%20for%20your%20favorite%20driver%20with%20a%20post%20on%20social%20media%20using%20%23RTCDriversRock.%20%20%23RTCSNV&amp;source=clicktotweet&amp;related=clicktotweet\">Click to Tweet<\/a><\/em><em>:\u00a0<\/em><em>Thank\u00a0<u>@RTCSNV<\/u>\u00a0contracted drivers on Transit Driver Appreciation Day 3\/18! Show love for your favorite driver with a post on social media using #RTCDriversRock. #RTCSNV<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Watch as riders express appreciation for RTC contracted drivers: (<a href=\"https:\/\/rtcsnv.sharefile.com\/d-sdd95397c7174299b\">https:\/\/rtcsnv.sharefile.com\/d-sdd95397c7174299b<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/\">Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)<\/a>\u00a0is celebrating\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/transitdriverday.org\/\">National Transit Driver Appreciation Day<\/a>\u00a0today by encouraging all riders to find special ways to thank the drivers who operate nearly 750 fixed route and paratransit vehicles. Riders can use social media to highlight some of the best Southern Nevada bus drivers by posting a photo or video by 11:59 p.m. tonight for a chance to win a 30-day transit pass by using the hashtag #RTCDriversRock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransit operators play such a crucial role in helping to move more than 65 million passengers a year,\u201d said Tina Quigley, RTC chief executive officer. \u201cWe appreciate their commitment, passion and customer service that transports our residents and visitors safely throughout our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RTC contracts its transit services to Keolis and MV Transportation for fixed-route operations and Transdev for paratransit. Among the three contractors, there are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1,635 current drivers<\/li>\n<li>65.8 million annual passenger trips (as of the end of 2018)<\/li>\n<li>34.3 million miles traveled annually (as of the end of 2018)<\/li>\n<li>2.6 million hours on the road annually (as of the end of 2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-27145 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-291x300.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-291x300.jpg\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27299%27%20height%3D%27308%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20299%20308%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27299%27%20height%3D%27308%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-155x160.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic-465x480.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Transit-Driver-Appreciation-Infographic.jpg 1479w\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are celebrating\u00a0National Transit Driver Appreciation Day\u00a0today by encouraging all riders to find special ways to thank the drivers who operate nearly 750 fixed route&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}