Free to Ride (2017)

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• 2017
• Documentary

Free To Ride is the story of the relentless spirit of community leaders from across Dayton, Ohio who overcame a suburban contingent fearfully opposed to the expansion of public transit along a commercial corridor, and the system of checks and balances that allowed justice and reason to prevail. This modern-day Civil Rights saga began in 2009 when community members in Dayton, Ohio became aware of the dangerous journey faced by bus riders walking from the last stop to get across a busy interstate overpass in order to make it to their workplace, shopping, medical, and educational destinations along Pentagon Boulevard in the suburban community of Beavercreek. After the local transit authority had worked for nearly a year with Beavercreek's public works staff to develop a plan to add 3 new stops to the end of the route, the process was stymied by concerned members of City Council and vocal residents. In the wake of City Council's vote to reject the application, an Ohio legal aid group ...