{"id":10810,"date":"2023-11-09T15:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=10810"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:36:57","slug":"dyk-veterans-and-active-military-members-ride-free-on-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/dyk-veterans-and-active-military-members-ride-free-on-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DYK: Veterans and active military members ride free on Veterans Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background 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 fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Attention all veterans and active military members! The RTC will continue its tradition of offering complimentary rides to veterans with a valid military or veterans ID, all day, on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here in Southern Nevada, the RTC offers several programs to ensure transportation is accessible for veterans across the valley.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/ways-to-travel\/fares-passes\/passes-for-veterans\/\"><strong>Veterans Reduced Fare Program<\/strong><\/a> enables U.S. Armed Force veterans residing in Clark County to receive a 50% discount on regular transit fares. Veterans must obtain an RTC Veterans ID Card.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/ways-to-travel\/transit-services\/services-for-veterans\/register-for-vmtn-transportation\/\"><strong>Veterans Medical Transportation Network<\/strong><\/a> (VMTN) is an appointment-only, door-to-door transportation option for veterans and their dependents to and from medical appointments at no cost. Registration is required.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rtcws.rtcsnv.com\/routepdf\/dvx.pdf\"><strong>Downtown &amp; Veterans Medical Center Express<\/strong><\/a> (DVX) provides direct transit access from the RTC\u2019s Bonneville Transit Center to the front door of the North Las Vegas Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center. Additional RTC transit routes access other federal medical facilities, such as the O\u2019Callaghan Military Medical Center and various VA primary care clinics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking to celebrate Veterans Day in the community? Check out these events happening in the heart of Las Vegas that honor our veterans so you can plan ahead!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Annual Las Vegas Veterans Day Parade<\/strong> \u2013 Enjoy the \u201cLargest Veterans Day Parade West of the Mississippi\u201d on Saturday, Nov. 11,\u00a0starting at 10 a.m. on 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street between Gass Ave. and Stewart Ave. Attendees can access the parade, which is approximately a quarter mile from the Bonneville Transit Center, using one of 15 RTC routes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/veterans.nv.gov\/veterans-day-2022\/\"><strong>Nevada Department of Veteran Services<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Following the Las Vegas Veterans Day Parade, join the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building at 1:30 p.m., located at 555 East Washington Ave. <a href=\"https:\/\/rtcws.rtcsnv.com\/routepdf\/113.pdf\"><strong>Route 113 (Las Vegas Blvd. North)<\/strong><\/a> will drop you off northwest of the building!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a special shoutout to RTC staff members who have served in the military and continue to serve our community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal J Alexander<\/li>\n<li>Torrance H Amie<\/li>\n<li>John Arias<\/li>\n<li>Lazaro Y Barron<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey T Boylan<\/li>\n<li>Randall W Brazile<\/li>\n<li>Angela M Brookins<\/li>\n<li>Cheri J Brown<\/li>\n<li>Clayton H Cottam<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Dizon<\/li>\n<li>Charles S Edelblute<\/li>\n<li>Gonzalo Garcia<\/li>\n<li>Belden J Golden<\/li>\n<li>Eric Guenther<\/li>\n<li>Karen F Marin<\/li>\n<li>Michael Manalo<\/li>\n<li>Karen L Murdoch<\/li>\n<li>John J Ritsko<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Scura<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Stutzman<\/li>\n<li>David Whimple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[8],"tags":[148,29],"class_list":["post-10810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-community","tag-transit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10810","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10812,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10810\/revisions\/10812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}