{"id":7959,"date":"2022-03-18T08:27:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=7959"},"modified":"2022-03-18T08:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T15:27:56","slug":"rtc-celebrates-national-transit-worker-appreciation-month-to-honor-those-who-keep-the-community-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/rtc-celebrates-national-transit-worker-appreciation-month-to-honor-those-who-keep-the-community-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"RTC celebrates National Transit Worker Appreciation Month  to honor those who keep the community moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>RTC celebrates National Transit Worker Appreciation Month <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>to honor those who keep the community moving<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>The RTC kicks off Transit Worker Appreciation Month on Friday, March 18, through Sunday, April 17, with recognition events and giveaways for RTC contracted transit workers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ac\/9wU1b\"><em>Click to Tweet<\/em><\/a><em>: Join the @.RTCSNV in thanking our contracted transit workers on Transit Worker Appreciation Month 3\/18 \u2013 4\/17! Post a photo or video thanking their RTC transit worker and using the hashtags #TeamTransitWorker and #RTCSNV<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>**Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V0BPmrPZhMw\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> as riders and community members express appreciation for RTC Transit Workers**<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>LAS VEGAS \u2013 <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/\">Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)<\/a> kicks off National Transit Worker Appreciation Month today by encouraging all riders to find special ways to thank the men and women who operate, repair, clean and protect the RTC transit system. Over the next month, riders are encouraged to join the RTC in celebrating the hard-working staff who keep our community moving!<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cTransit workers play a crucial role in helping to connect our community to vital resources and keep our riders safe,\u201d said M.J. Maynard, RTC chief executive officer. \u201cWe appreciate the hard-working men and women who impact so many lives, day after day, and we thank them for providing an essential service to our residents and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Here are several ways riders can thank transit workers during their commute:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Give\u00a0a card or a personal\u00a0note to your bus operator or security officer.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A cheery \u201cgood morning\u201d can go a long way and a \u201cthank you\u201d when exiting the bus will make their day!<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Post a photo or video thanking RTC transit workers and use the hashtags #TeamTransitWorker and #RTCSNV.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Additionally, on Wednesday, March 23, the RTC will be at the Bonneville Transit Center, 101 E. Bonneville Ave., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., passing out thank you cards for riders to share kind messages with drivers, mechanics, custodians and security officers. The RTC encourages customers and community members to stop by and fill out a thank you card while trying their hand at winning RTC branded giveaways or 24-hour bus passes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>For more information about the RTC and our contracted transit workers, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/\">rtcsnv.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTC celebrates National Transit Worker Appreciation Month to honor those who keep the community moving The RTC kicks off Transit Worker Appreciation Month on Friday, March 18, through Sunday, April  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7960,"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":[89,29,124],"class_list":["post-7959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-paratransit","tag-transit","tag-transit-worker"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959","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=7959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}