I always enjoy a free lunch. And, I just might ride a GRTC bus to get one, especially if it’ll give me the opportunity wear a big purple button that says “I tried transit today.” Does it talk if you punch it like the Staples’ easy buttons? I wonder if people will hit me in the chest if I wear it!

Since Monday, the GRTC Transit System has been giving a blinking purple button to anyone who rides one of the system’s buses. The button, proclaiming “I Tried Transit Today,” is the ticket to a free lunch and party in downtown Richmond tomorrow.

GRTC’s RideFinders program is staging the third “Try Transit Day” with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, WTVR-TV, Lite98 and K95. The promotion culminates in a musical celebration tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Kanawha Plaza.

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