Locally Produced Film Tackles Transit Access as Civil Rights Issue

In 2011 the city of Beavercreek, Ohio refused a request from the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority to extend an existing bus line an additional three stops. What sounds like a minor local news story turned into much more, and a new film documenting the resultant civil rights complaint and the eventual overturning of the Beavercreek city council’s decision is about to make its Columbus premier.
The film, Free to Ride, was produced in-house by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Ra