Transit Equity Day on Feb. 4 is the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, whose 1955 decision to keep her seat on a bus led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on transit was unconstitutional. Every day, OCTA is committed to offering equitable, reliable and balanced transportation for all.
To commemorate Parks’ historic efforts to keep public transportation affordable and accessible to everyone, OCTA is providing free service on OC Bus fixed routes on Transit Equity Day.
OCTA offers several programs to help people ride OC Bus affordably. In 2022, OCTA became the first large transit agency in the region to offer free bus rides to all youth ages 6 to 18 on an ongoing basis through the Youth Ride Free program. In addition, OCTA’s Community College Pass program provides OC Bus passes to thousands of community college students who attend the nine community colleges in Orange County.