On Saturday, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community celebrated transportation accessibility on Transit Equity Day, which lined up with Rosa Parks’ birthday. NEXT Chapel Hill-Carrboro, a grassroots advocacy organization, hosted an event at Steel String Brewery in Carrboro.⁠ ⁠ UNC senior and NEXT Coordinator Simon Palmore said Transit Equity Day falls on Parks' birthday because of her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was a key part of the Civil Rights Movement and progression towards national racial equality.⁠ ⁠ John Rees, a board member of NEXT, said transit equity is about access for everyone and that, while issues previously related to discrimination on public buses, they now concern the safety of transit and transit infrastructure.⁠ ⁠ “I think the day asks us to think about how we get around, and how different members of the community get around, and whether we all have equal and equitable ability to make use of the public space here in Chapel Hill and Carrboro,” Palmore said.⁠ ...