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WINDY CITY TIMES
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March on Springfield attendees can travel by bus
2013-09-18
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Organizers behind the Oct. 22 March on Springfield and their partners have announced the first of several privately organized buses available for people who want to travel to Springfield for the marriage-equality rally.
Details are on the March website at www.MarchOnSpringfield.org; visitors can then click "Travel."
Dozens of buses are being organized by churches, organizations, corporations and activists to help get people to Springfield from all over Illinois. Roundtrip travel on six (6) of those buses originating in Chicago can now be booked online at www.marchonspringfield.org/transport.php. These six buses will pick up people in Andersonville, Chatham, Lakeview, Pilsen and Rogers Park the morning of Oct. 22 and return them that evening. Roundtrip travel is available for about $30, with discounts for low-income individuals. Pickup addresses and times are on the website.
More buses for the public will be announced in coming weeks from Chicago, its suburbs and other statewide locations, including some free travel for LGBTQ youth. Travel is also being coordinated by almost 50 "March Captains" throughout Illinois.
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