The Jeopardy champ wants you to ride public transit.
Jeopardy host Ken Jennings has teamed up with Snohomish County’s Community Transit to produce a web video series touting the benefits of public transit called The Transit Effect.
According to Streetsblog, the seven-part series promises to “explore how transit influences infrastructure, economies, culture, and opportunity” in the Seattle area, as well as offer general transit trivia and knowledge.
Watch the first episode at the link in the source article.
FULL STORY: Friday Video: Ken Jennings Has a Web Series About Transit!
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