Charleston, SC, USA- Public Transit in the Carolinas will be the subject of a regional town hall on Feb. 4, Transit Equity Day from 12 noon to 2 pm in which Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit will participate with a live meeting linked to the electronic one at the Charleston County Library at 68 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC, 29401, on the CARTA DASH 210 Bus Route. The local meeting will be linked to a regional zoom conference with participants from Columbia, SC; Charlotte, NC and the Research Triangle expected. Issues to be discussed will include sustaining progress made in Charlotte, continuing to advance towards construction of the LCRT in Charleston and resisting attempts to defund public transit as planned in the Project 2025 plan connected to members of the Trump administration.

This regional meeting is one of several being run that day across the United States for Transit Equity Day by the Labor Network for Sustainability, an annual observance on the Birthday of Transit Equity and Civil Rights Heroine, Rosa Parks.

You can also participate in the regional conference online from your home or office.

Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit will also “Remember Rosa” by providing placards to be placed on CARTA Buses saving a seat for Rosa and pancake breakfasts by civic organizations across the Lowcountry using Rosa’s personal pancake recipe, recently discovered when her papers were archived at the Library of Congress.

For more and updated information on Charleston area Transit Equity Day events see https://tinyurl.com/CHSTE2025 or contact William Hamilton at (843) 870-5299 or wjhamilton29464@gmail.com.