Ride free on ORT next week

SPRINGDALE -- Ozark Regional Transit is offering free rides next week as part of a national campaign to promote public transportation.

Dump-The-Pump Day is set for Thursday, and the organization says it will offer free rides Monday through Friday. The national campaign is sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association and is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of using public transportation, especially the economic benefits.

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"Ozark Regional Transit, as part of our commitment to give back to the communities in which we serve and to bring awareness to the benefits of public transportation, will be offering a free-fare week beginning Monday," ORT officials said in a news release. "We invite all patrons to get out next week and explore other communities as well as their own. The ride's on us."

Public transportation use reduces the nation's dependence on foreign oil by 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline a year, and it also saves 37 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually, ORT officials said.

Public transportation reduces congestion on roads and in parking lots, the organization said. In addition, public transportation provides mobility for people from every walk of life, officials said.

The Jones Center, the Shiloh Museum; Northwest Arkansas Mall and Fiesta Square in Fayetteville and Frisco Station in Rogers, including their respective entertainment, shopping and eating establishments, and movie theatres; public libraries in Fayetteville, Springdale Rogers and Bentonville and two aquatic centers, as well as multiple parks, bike trailheads and music venues, are all available using ORT routes.

NW News on 06/17/2018

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