Public Forum on Bus Fare Changes

Thursday, September 14 4:30-6pm Gleason Auditorium Central Library, downtown Rochester


The Bus Fareness Committee has been meeting, strategizing and planning this summer, bringing together diverse groups and community activists to oppose RTS's bus fare increase. We've just recently sent out hundreds of notices about our public forum next week and had begun talking to the media. We had made freedom of information requests, poked around at City Hall and scheduled a massive public forum.

Sure enough, Mark Aesch was heard on 1180 WHAM today announcing that RTS is canceling the planned increase due to "increased purchase of day passes."

• But that doesn't change the fact that the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) Board does not have any consumer representation
• Nor does it change the fact that we still need transfers reinstated
• Nor does it change the fact that public authorities like RGRTA, COMIDA and the Monroe County Water Authority are running amok without proper accountability
So, let's continue to press for reforming the RTS system

Please RSVP (by calling 325-2560) if you or a representative of your organization/agency can attend the hearing.

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