You can organize a bus party!

BUS PARTY!!!

By Joanna Pace

Joanna Pace and Daniel Cortes from AC Transit's Social Media team.

By Joanna Pace

Riders of the AC Transit #7 bus organized a party to celebrate the line, which due to AC Transit’s Realign now runs only once an hour!

We agreed on a run (5 p.m. on a Saturday) and boarded at our favorite stops, meeting each other on the bus and then riding all the way to the end of the line to share a no-host meal together.

Nearly 30 people boarded the bus during our party and we roped them all in, giving out stickers, AC Transit crowns, and copies of the new schedule. Passengers were so busy chatting with each other that we did not even get around to playing Bus Bingo!

You can celebrate your bus line, too. Here’s how:

1. Choose a run.

2. Invite other riders. (I taped fliers to the most frequented stops and gave out invitations on board.)

3. Invite the AC Transit board of directors.

4. Contact Ryan Lau, AC Transit External Affairs, for schedules, stickers, and other bling.

5. Reach out to AC Transit Marketing Department, and a member of  their Social Media Team may accompany your party.

6. If you share a meal at a stop, be sure folks know if you are hosting or if it is no-host.

7. Let me know how it went! 

Questions? Email Joanna Pace at joannapace4@gmail.com or call (510) 860-3696.