Nov 23, 2021
CLEVELAND, OH – The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is pleased join the City of Cleveland and other civic and corporate partners for the return of Cleveland’s Winterfest this weekend. On Saturday, RTA is debuting its new Holiday Trolley, and it will be on display in Public Square during Winterfest festivities between Noon and 8 p.m.
Also look for RTA’s award-winning Holiday Trains in service beginning this weekend on the Red, Blue and Green Lines.
Be sure to take your photo with the Holiday Trolley or Holiday Train and post on social media using the hashtag #RTAholidaytrain or #RTAholidaytrolley.
Please visit www.riderta.com/merry for a full schedule of the Holiday Trolley appearances.
RTA is also launching its holiday promotion and rolling out a Month of Merry that runs through December 23 and which includes give-a-ways and gift cards.
“The Month of Merry holiday promotion is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to our employees, our customers and this generous community in any way we can,” RTA’s CEO and General Manager India Birdsong said. “We want to help lead the way in giving back to the community and its local charities that we all have relied upon for many years.”
Visit www.rideRTA.com/merry to learn how to win 4-packs of All Day passes and gift cards to local vendors, restaurants, and venues. Participants are asked to follow @rideRTAcleveland on Instagram for a chance to win a prize. Submit an answer to the daily seasonal question between the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., and the winner will be chosen at random and announced on RTA’s Instagram story at 9:30 a.m. the following day. The winner will also be contacted via Direct Message from the RTA account.
“RTA’s mission is to connect the community, and now, more than ever, this community has come to rely on us to transport our customers to the places they want or need to get to the most as safely, conveniently and as efficiently as possible,” Birdsong said.
Media Contact:
Linda Scardilli Krecic
216-356-3104 (office)
216-390-9605 (cell)