Rosa Parks honored with free transit rides on Thursday February 04 2021 TriMet has declared Feb. 4 to be Rosa Parks Equity Day and all regional bus, train and streetcar rides are free. All rides on TriMet are free Thursday, Feb. 4, in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Fares will not be collected on buses, MAX, WES or LIFT during the first annual Rosa Parks Equity Day. Transit partners Portland Streetcar and C-TRAN are joining the regional transit agency and not collecting fares. Rosa Parks was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She is best known for refusing to giv...