Come September 29th, King County Metro will switch its routes to “pay on entry” only. The date will also mark the end of Seattle’s downtown Ride Free Area. Unless the Transit Riders Union can save it:

The Transit Riders Union is asking the County Council to reconsider their decision to eliminate the RFA. Visit http://transitriders.org to learn more and to send an email petition letter to our County Council members and County Executive Dow Constantine (direct link to petition: http://transitriders.org/rfa_petition/). Want to learn more? The Transit Riders Union is holding a public meeting and workshop on the Ride Free Area: Tuesday, September 4th, 6pm Capitol Hill Public Library meeting room* 425 Harvard Avenue East (served by Metro routes 8, 60, 49, 10, 11) *This event is not sponsored by the Seattle Public Library.

The group argues that eliminating the Ride Free zone will cause “longer delays, more congestion, hurting downtown businesses, and stranding low income riders.”