CATS to offer free services on Monday in observance of Juneteenth

All city transit services will be fare-free on Monday, June 19.

The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) said all bus route, paratransit, LYNX Blue Line and City LYNX Gold Line services will be free on June 19 in honor of the holiday.

Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the freeing of the last enslaved people in the U.S. on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.

CATS said the fare-free service comes as the transit system “recognizes and celebrates” Juneteenth.