When they get in office, city mayors soon understand the benefits of fare-free urban buses and trams.
Most cities spend quite a lot on things like parking, collisions, police, health, congestion, and pedestrian infrastructure. A reduction in vehicle-miles traveled would bring immediate relief and reduce costs more than the amount of lost revenue.
Mayors from many cities have suggested making urban public transit fare-free:
We try to document them here. https://fptpols.blogspot.com/
Then they get that phone call. Suddenly they go quiet.
Most cities spend quite a lot on things like parking, collisions, police, health, congestion, and pedestrian infrastructure. A reduction in vehicle-miles traveled would bring immediate relief and reduce costs more than the amount of lost revenue.
Mayors from many cities have suggested making urban public transit fare-free:
- San Francisco
- New York
- Paris
- Houston
- Dayton
- Durham
We try to document them here. https://fptpols.blogspot.com/
Then they get that phone call. Suddenly they go quiet.
