Starting today, and each of the next five Fridays, nonprofit Sustain Charlotte is releasing the story of a different public transit rider in and around Charlotte. The bus riders interviewed in the video series include a banking executive, high school community volunteer, visually-impaired woman, senior citizen, small business owner, and immigrant mother.

Shannon Binns, executive director of Sustain Charlotte, said the six-part video series is aimed at debunking myths about public transportation: “Some people hold stereotypes that only people of low income use public transport,” Binns said, “and we wanted to explode that myth.”

In this first video, Charlotte high school student Natalia explains how riding the bus and light rail allows her to travel to and from her volunteer position teaching English to children.

Read more about Sustain Charlotte and the Transportation Choices Alliance at www.sustaincharlotte.org.

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