At Citizen Wausau we consider ourselves as a part of the community, we want to engage in the projects that we see as interesting or valuable. We want to engage the process of growing our city in new and exciting ways, ways that build community. That’s why we’re proud to introduce a new idea: TweetBus.
What is Tweetbus?
TweetBus starts with a simple goal: we want to increase both awareness and use of the Wausau Public Transit System, the bus. Public transit is a vital part of our city’s growth. Sadly, every year Public Transit seems to be attacked around the time of the city budget. So we want to do something fun and progressive that uses technology to create awareness of the Public Transit System.
Members of the CW family will be riding the bus all day on Saturday November 7th. We would love your company, but we’ll get to that in a second. We will be using Twitter to provide a live play-by-play of the day, and you can follow events as they happen on the new TweetBus website.
Want to Join Us?
You can take part in this adventure in any number of ways, from all day participation, to just a run here or there, to simply following along and spreading the world.
- We will be meeting at 8:45am Saturday November 7th at the Downtown Transit Center, and getting on the bus for our day long sojourn. We would love to meet you there, and start the day together. If you cannot make it there, or just want to do a part of the day, see below. We would welcome you to the fun of a day on the bus.
- Follow our progress on Twitter. Participants in the event should use the hashtag #tweetbus at the end of any relevant tweets. You can follow all the #tweetbus posts on the TweetBus website, or by searching for them on Twitter.
- If you plan to participate, share your Twitter username in the comments. We’ll try to put up a list of expected participants later this week!
Twitter on the Go
All you need to participate in TweetBus is a mobile phone. Twitter allows for any number of ways to tweet from your phone; click here for more info. At the very least you can use text messages to update Twitter – just make sure you end them with the #tweetbus hashtag! Smartphone users can do the same or use any of the many Twitter apps that are floating around out there.
Goals
The goals are simple. Increase awareness, use these new tools, and have a little fun. We love seeing the people who read and take part in CW at events, and we hope that this is another way for us to connect. We think that even if it is only a ride or two through out the day, it will be a good cause and some fun. We hope to upload some photos to a Flickr group, and maybe collect some stories of people who ride the bus, the drivers, and all the surrounding good times. Public transit is important, it is a part of the infrastructure of any city, and we want to highlight it here in Wausau.
So again, we are meeting prior to boarding…
Saturday November 7th
8:45 am
Downtown Bus Terminal
We hope to see you there.
Brad Schjoth
11:53 am on November 3rd
All signs are pointing to me being there, good sir.
Mike Wall
9:48 am on November 4th
Watch what you Tweet – the man is watching… :)
Rob Mentzer
11:21 am on November 4th
This is a cool thing, I will be there Saturday morning. My twitter account is @robertmentzer.
Kyle Pieczynski
2:53 pm on November 4th
Wish I could help out the cause, I’ll be at Evolutions till 3.
Dino Corvino
2:54 pm on November 4th
Kyle, hop on a bus at 3. Follow us, we can meet up later.
John H. Fischer
4:10 pm on November 4th
you know… this would be a good oppurtuity for a “dramatic reading” of the script from the movie Speed
Dino Corvino
4:51 pm on November 4th
Looks like we might have a few passes available to riders in the AM. Thanks to the Metro Ride staff.
Thanks so much Peter.
And yours truly might be on Channel 7 talking about Tweetbus tonight or tomorrow. No laughing at my hair.
Rob Mentzer
12:18 pm on November 5th
WSAW story here: http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/69243852.html
Deanne
9:28 pm on November 5th
I have to work until 3:30, but I’ll be there after. I actually take the bus daily both to and from work. I LOVE riding the bus, the drivers are all nice, and consider them my friends. I just wish more people would use the Metroride transit system. You can’t fill up your car for $30 per month.
Rob Mentzer
2:49 pm on November 6th
Attention riders of the Tweetbus! We have 6 day passes obtained through the graciousness of the Wausau Metro Ride. Come and get ‘em! We’ll be able to pass them out to folks at who start out with us tomorrow morning. If you’re joining later, call or email or DM us and we’ll try to hook you up if we still have passes available.
beerad
5:41 pm on November 7th
That was a most excellent experience, thanks for the pass and letting me pollute the #tweetbus discussion on twitter. Great meeting all of you!