In a generous move for Thanksgiving, Sun Metro is offering free rides to El Paso residents throughout the day, as they ease the transit for celebrants and ease the strain on their wallets. This holiday gesture, confirmed by both KTSM and KFOX, allows individuals and families to traverse the city without the worry of transport costs, further opening the city’s thoroughfares and byways for all who wish to visit friends, family, or even just explore.
Emphasizing customer appreciation, Anthony DeKeyzer, Director of Sun Metro, stated, "At Sun Metro, we deeply value our customers and the role they play in our community," as reported by KTSM. By abandoning the usual fare collection Sun Metro not only extends a hand to its regular users but also courts the unacquainted, perhaps hoping to entrench within them a habit, a memory, of public transit on days other than this one where the cost is zero and the buses run on a Sunday schedule.
Free public transit is not an everyday occurrence, yet on this day, the fourth Thursday of November, it molds into the narrative of community and gratitude that Thanksgiving embodies with people able to move across the spread of El Paso without the exchange of cash, swiping of cards, or tapping of smartphones. As KFOX-TV notes, no bus passes are required for boarding on this day, simplifying the travel process.
Schedules and additional information about the routes, the timetables that shift slightly on this festive occasion, are readily available for those interested in planning their commute, they are but a click away on Sun Metro's website, a detail worth noting for those who might find themselves unfamiliar with the Sunday schedule or those who are taking advantage of the free rides for the very first time. DeKeyzer hopes to punctuate this day with the simplicity of mobility, with the assurance, that those who rely on Sun Metro can rely on it even when the city pauses to give thanks and celebrate, to add to the symmetry that humanity seeks from its public services and from those who are tasked with guiding them.
