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Should transit on inauguration day be free (Reprint)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The first Inauguration in 2009 was probably the absolute peak of success for WMATA, with more than one million subway riders that day--and it was about 6 months before the terrible crash at Fort Totten which killed nine people. in this case Monday January 21st, 2013. Transit Throughput Delays 1. Buying farecards.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. 9, in Houston.