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It’s #TransitThursday! Fill in the Blank: Transit is my_______.
For today’s #TransitThursday fun, fill in the blank.
Transit is my ______________.
Remember, #TransitThursday is a day for celebrating all things about transit. So be positive & tell us what transit means to you.
Don’t forget to use the hashtag #TransitThursday!
:-) Happy #TransitThursday Tweeting!
OH THE PLACES WE GO WHILE RIDING TRANSIT! #TransitThursday 4/5/12
Oh the places we go while riding transit!
For today’s #TransitThursday we asked:
What’s the coolest place you’ve discovered by riding transit?
To jump start the conversation, I posted a visual poll to see what cool places people have discovered on transit:
ICYMI: Here’s a link to the #TransitThursday Poll results!
Here’s what you said along **with a map to boot!**
- The back of Atherton Mills / Atherton Market (Charlotte, NC, US)
- The Texas Countryside (Austin, TX, US)
- Memento Park (Budapest, Hungary)
- Milford Sound (Milford Sound, New Zealand)
- Lynn Canyon Waterfalls (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- A Fine Gentleman aboard the M15 SBS bus (Manhattan, NYC, NY, US)
- Yankee Stadium (NYC, NY, US)
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans (NYC, NY, US)
- Surfside Beach (Surfside Beach, SC, US)
- Bondensee (Austria)
- Dufferin Queen (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
- Mexican War Streets (Pittsburgh, PA, US)
- McKeesport (Pittsburgh, PA, US)
- La Mosquee de Paris - Tea Room (Paris, France)
- Alewife Linear Park (Alewife Station, Boston, MA)
- RailVolution & Transit Tweeps (Washington, DC)
- Harajuku Station (Tokyo, Japan)
The responses were absolutely awesome and really make me want to escape the daily doldrums and hop on transit to discover more unique and hidden gems on this little planet we call earth!
On that note, I’m about to hop aboard an Amtrak train to Raleigh. I bet I’ll discover a few new places both by train & public transit!
I hope this #TransitThursday has inspired you to check out new spots & discover new places that you wouldn’t normally see while driving in your car.
So get out there already! RIDE TRANSIT & EXPLORE!
Have a pleasant journey & a great weekend everyone! Thank you for another awesome #TransitThursday
#TransitThursday Celebrate Moms in Transit!
This Sunday is Mother’s Day!
((hint)) ((hint)) if you haven’t bought your mother’s day card yet.
Many of our moms, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends that are moms rely on transit every day. So I thought, what a better way to celebrate transit this #TransitThursday than to celebrate the many Moms in Transit!
Some moms in transit even blog about their experiences, like Carla Saulter AKA @SeattleBusChick. If you don’t follow her tweets or her blog http://www.buschick.com/blog/, I highly recommend checking her out! Streetfilms has even featured her before: http://www.streetfilms.org/meet-seattles-bus-chick/
I LOVE that more and more moms are choosing transit over driving giant minivans or SUVs as a viable way to cart the kids around, run errands and to travel to work.
There’s even a Mom in Portland who has ditched her car and uses her bike to cart around her SIX kids!!! http://www.today.com/moms/biker-mama-mother-six-ditches-suv-super-sized-bike-998748 Now that’s awesome –> http://bikeportland.org/2012/06/28/with-six-kids-and-no-car-this-mom-does-it-all-by-bike-73731
So let’s celebrate the moms who ride transit! Share blogs and twitter handles or pics of moms who ride transit; tell their story! Share about your moms, sisters, aunts, cousins, or even your friends that are moms who rely on transit. How do they do it? Why do they do it?
Don’t have a story about a mom who rides transit? That’s OK! Share your story of where you plan to take your favorite mom this weekend using transit? Where are you going? What route will you take?
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! I hope you are well celebrated on this glorious #TransitThursday! :-)
Don’t be a turkey this #TransitThursday, share why you are thankful for #transit!!
Facebook’s 30 days of thanks had me thinking… why not do a #TransitThursday centered around the reasons we are thankful for transit?
Now I know that next #TransitThursday is actually Thanksgiving in the U.S., but many of you will be in transit to visit and break bread with friends and family. So, let’s share our #TransitThursday transit thanks today!
I am thankful for #transit for so many reasons, but here are a few:
- Transit is my primary mode of transportation
- Transit is my job!
- Transit is my way to express myself, like with #TransitThursday!
- Transit helps me explore my city, meet new people, enjoy the presence of the world around me.
I am thankful for:
- My awesome community that supports and rides transit!
- My fellow planners and the elected officials that support the vision, goals and plans for a comprehensive transportation system that includes transit!
- My transit operators who take me places safely, on time and with a smile!
- My fellow passengers - who smile, share a conversation, offer a helpful tip, or help someone who is lost, those who offer their seat to the elderly, a mother with kids or someone who’s simply just had a long day.
I am thankful that transit helps to transform, create and re-create places.
I am thankful that transit provides a way for all people, particularly those who may not otherwise have any other way, a way to travel to work, shop, visit the doctor, see a friend, visit family, recreate, or just see the world around them.
So don’t be a turkey this #TransitThursday, share why you are thankful for transit! **Don’t forget to use the hashtag #TransitThursday!!**