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Transit Systems Commemorate Rosa Parks on Wednesday, Nov. 2

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Stillwater, Okla. – Public transit systems throughout the United States will recognize the passing of Rosa Parks on Wednesday, November 2, 2005, by placing a black ribbon on the first seat in all of THE BUS vehicles. This action is in keeping with efforts coordinated by the American Public Transit Association and the NAACP to recognize Ms. Parks’ contribution to racial equality in public transportation.

Rosa Parks, 92, whose refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 1, 1955, sparked a year-long bus boycott in the city and propelled her to prominence as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement," died Oct. 24 in Detroit, where she had lived since 1957.

THE BUS (the OSU/Stillwater community transit system) is free for OSU students, faculty and staff. Fares for Stillwater residents range from $0.50 for the general public to $0.25 for elderly, disabled and persons under 18 for a one-way trips.

Currently, nine transit routes are serving locations on the OSU campus and throughout the Stillwater community. Seven day-time routes run from 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and two night-time routes run from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Service operates Monday through Friday.

For more information about the transit system, route schedules and maps, visit www.transit.okstate.edu or call 744-2832.

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