New River Valley Community Services ‘Community Transit Go’ program gives access to those who need it most
- Date: 05/03/2024
Public transportation access in rural communities is a tough issue for residents, but now there is a new option for…
In the wee hours of the morning, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s City Council made its free-transit experiment permanent.
It used to cost $1 to ride the city bus. Then during the pandemic, when ridership fell off a cliff, the city used federal relief aid to fund a “zero fare” program — allowing all riders to just hop on the bus without paying a fare or swiping a pass.
Other cities, like Richmond, Virginia; Kansas City, Missouri; and Olympia, Washington, did the same.
Now, with that federal money starting to run out, cities have to decide whether zero fare is worth the cost to their transit systems.
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