We’re coming up on 6 months since MATA instituted its ride-for-free pilot program on buses and trolleys. I asked AI agent Google Gemini to list other cities where you can ride public transportation for free.
Permanent or long-term
- Kansas City, MO
- Tucson
- Richmond, VA
- Albuquerque
- Olympia, WA
Pilot or specialized programs
- Fayetteville (GO HOGS!!)
- Orange County, NC (Chapel Hill)
- Iowa City, IA
- Detroit (rail only)
- Commerce, CA
Ghost River Brewing Co. is closing its Beale Garden location and consolidating operations at its recently expanded headquarters at Main and Crump. Thursday will be the last day on Beale.
Today is International Respect for Chickens Day.
What Now has an update on Ritual Bistro, opening this month in the old Bluff City Coffee space on South Main.
Downtown business owners saw a bump in business from Riverbeat; Midtown, not so much.
Bardog will have a dollar off the following this Tuesday for Cinco de Mayo:
- High Cotton Mexican Lager
- Corona
- Modelo
- Margaritas
Cordelia’s Market now has tinned fish from Portugal.
Jerry Seinfeld is at the Orpheum this Saturday.
Staying at the Union Mission the next 3 nights due to exhaustion (tonight) and rain in the forecast (Tue-Wed). New Salem MB, my favorite guest church, comes out there the first Monday of each month. Also, a lot of Mondays there’s chicken donated by Gus’s. Back tomorrow with more news.
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