{"id":11365,"date":"2024-02-05T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=11365"},"modified":"2024-02-05T14:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:36:09","slug":"rtc-marks-transit-equity-day-unveils-special-bus-wrap-celebrating-111th-birthday-of-civil-rights-icon-rosa-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/rtc-marks-transit-equity-day-unveils-special-bus-wrap-celebrating-111th-birthday-of-civil-rights-icon-rosa-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC marks Transit Equity Day, unveils special bus wrap celebrating 111th birthday of Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks"},"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\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>RTC marks Transit Equity Day,<\/strong> <strong>unveils special bus wrap celebrating 111<sup>th<\/sup> birthday of Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Event included free community resource fair for community<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>LAS VEGAS \u2013 <\/strong>Today, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), in conjunction with Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), marked Transit Equity Day and the 111<sup>th<\/sup> birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks at the RTC\u2019s Bonneville Transit Center in downtown Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The event highlighted the importance of accessible, affordable, and equitable transportation for all Southern Nevadans, while calling attention to disparities faced by marginalized communities relative to transportation access. It is part of a national initiative established six years ago by the Labor Network for Sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with Parks\u2019 111<sup>th<\/sup> birthday on Feb. 4, the event included the unveiling of a special bus wrapped with Parks\u2019 image. The bus will be immediately incorporated into the RTC\u2019s operating fleet, paying homage to Parks\u2019 important role in our nation\u2019s fight for equality and desegregation. Parks, who is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, rejected the bus driver\u2019s order to surrender her seat to a white person. Her defiance and resulting arrest for civil disobedience inspired a national anti-segregation, equal access movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we celebrate 31 years of public transit in Southern Nevada, we are committed to helping tens of thousands of residents daily get to work, to school and wherever they need to go,\u2019 Clark County Commissioner and RTC Chairman Justin Jones. \u201cLast year, the RTC provided more than 50 million transit rides, and I am especially proud of their record providing specialized services to marginalized populations, including veterans, seniors, students, and persons with disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the RTC\u2019s top priorities is to ensure all members of our community, regardless of socio-economic status, have equal access to reliable transportation options,\u201d said RTC CEO MJ Maynard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Celebrating the activism of Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is a big step toward transit equity in the region,\u201d said Laura Martin, Executive Director, PLAN. \u201cTransit equity is more than a seat on the bus. It is access to education and health care. It is connection to work and family. It is protection of the environment. Our leaders must continue to prioritize the accessibility of Southern Nevada through fully funded public transit for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RTC\u2019s Transit Equity Day also included a free community resource fair where a variety of community partners provided information, resources, and free services such a vaccines, health and vision check-ups, resume building assistance, information on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, and more.\u00a0 Participating partners included the Southern Nevada Health District, Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition, Workforce Connections, Prevail Marketplace, Lions Club, and others.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":11368,"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":[2],"tags":[111,90,29,188],"class_list":["post-11365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-black-history-month","tag-holiday","tag-transit","tag-transit-equity-day"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11365","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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11371,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11365\/revisions\/11371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}