Ride Free Area

Lover of travel and transit.
(Views are my own, yadda yadda.)

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

It's always nice when Cleveland has daytime @Amtrak service:
https://t.co/mD1LCnVg1S

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

@spd_bird @AZinCLE Apparently the product listing page times out, but I'm in business now.

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

@spd_bird @AZinCLE @PortageAreaRTA @Laketran I couldn't even add one to my cart 🤣

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

@AZinCLE @spd_bird That card is from @PortageAreaRTA
but @Laketran TVMs sell them too! The balance works across EZfare agencies but I don't think there is any transfer reciprocity (yet?). RTA's online store has cards but it doesn't seem to quite work. This is live though: https://t.co/1XeTufi2S1

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

Seems like @GCRTA has enabled @EzFare smartcards a little earlier than advertised!

[All Aboard Ohio @AllAboardOhio]

report from @10TV on All Aboard Ohio’s push for passenger rail in the Ohio state budget. The funding will support Ohio joining the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission to plan new train routes. https://t.co/05PtCnGahk

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

HOW TO HELP:
https://t.co/BC4nQAWkbK

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Ohio is refusing to participate in the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, which is a consortium of states working to get passenger rail in the Midwest, because it would cost $25,000 for the year.

The state budget is $95 Billion.

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

@Clevecarole Congrats!

[All Aboard Ohio @AllAboardOhio]

Cleveland Chapter!! Tonight’s 6pm happy hour has been moved to BrewDog https://t.co/ZKc0jt39jJ

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

"The Screening Partnership Program contracts security screening services at commercial airports to qualified private companies." https://t.co/EW7uCoNR0v

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

lol wut

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

The U.S. government doesn’t provide security screening for shopping malls

Or football games

Or theme parks

Or rock concerts

Why must the government be the security screener for U.S. airlines?

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

TSA isn't required to be the screener at airports. 21 airports have screening performed by various contractors.

[Clevelanders for Public Transit @CLEforTransit]

GCRTA & the City of Cleveland are making final decisions soon on the proposed street design for W. 25th. Show your support for dedicated bus lanes between Detroit & Lorain Avenue today by sending letters to decision-makers! Take action here: https://t.co/NXLnVsz9K0

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

They should definitely do this again today, and for the rest of the week!

[Phil BuildTheFutureNow 🇺🇸🦅🌲💙 @PhilSustainable]

To protest congestion pricing, Suburban drivers are driving into Manhattan and blocking traffic with their cars. These 🚗 extreme activists 🚙 plan to make streets so unsafe and gridlocked that NYC businesses lose money! 🚗🙃
Only car owners can shut NYC down and send a message!

[Seattle Police Department @SeattlePD]

MISSING endangered: Ningru, 78 y/o, AF 5’3”, 130lbs, gray/black hair and brown eyes. Possibly wearing gray vest and blue pants. Subject has health issues and known to ride Light Rail/Bus. Last seen in the 2500 block of 1st Ave. If seen please call 911.

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

@humantransit That is definitely already a thing:
- Aftermarket horn with custom sounds: https://t.co/gJvwiZLDSJ
- Steps to change the horn sound on Teslas: https://t.co/n7HJMZxsAA

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

I wonder how many bus operator candidates came to the @GCRTA job fair because of this message that is both difficult to read and also degraded the ability to see the route number/destination of the bus.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

Happy holidays! Is anything wrong with this picture? 1/

[Ride Free Area @RideFreeArea]

This is @AKRR erasure.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Passenger train lines in the USA vs Europe

[Alex Z @AZinCLE]

What if instead we spent $2B on modernizing and extending the Red Line so people can actually rely on it to get to the airport (which is mostly fine as is)?