Metro Denver residents can ride Regional Transportation District buses and trains for free on Tuesday as part of Transit Equity Day to honor civil rights leader Rosa Parks.

The celebration honors Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.

When stepping on the bus today, you’ll see a seat already taken, but no one is in it. The seat is set aside today for Rosa Parks. Chatham Area Transit is honoring the legacy of Rosa Parks with a special initiative – free rides for everyone.

Today is Transit Equity Day. It commemorates the birthday of pioneering civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who famously refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on an Alabama bus in 1955. But this year, the celebration is being eclipsed by recent orders from the Trump administration.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — TriMet riders in Portland will enjoy free rides tomorrow, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks, as the transit agency commemorates what would have been her 112th birthday. Each year, TriMet waives fares on buses, MAX, and LIFT services to celebrate Parks and her significant contributions to the civil rights movement.

The Regional Transportation District, also known as RTD, is providing free transit for everyone on Tuesday in remembrance of Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks.

Bayway, Bay County's public transit service, announced it plans to offer free rides on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in honor of Rosa Parks' birthday.

All RTD rides will be free on Tuesday, February 4, as the metro Denver transit agency celebrates Transit Equity Day. Though RTD didn’t offer a free month or more of rides for adults last year as it had in 2022 and 2023,

RTD said Transit Equity Day is observed on Rosa Parks’ birthday and was first celebrated nationally by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2021.