{"id":82671,"date":"2023-08-04T17:48:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T17:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cred.ai\/news\/?p=82671"},"modified":"2024-01-12T18:10:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:10:27","slug":"fare-free-public-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cred.ai\/news\/2023\/08\/04\/fare-free-public-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Fare Free Public Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of U.S. cities are allowing public transit riders to hop on board for free. Proponents of the zero-fare movement argue that eliminating fares boosts ridership by removing cost burdens \u2014 particularly for lower-income passengers, who typically rely most on public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, Missouri, was the nation&#8217;s first large city to adopt a free transportation service in late 2019. Matt Staub, a founding member of Kansas City&#8217;s fare-free streetcar, described the broader impact of that policy shift in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/14\/zero-fare-public-transit-movement-gains-momentum.html\">CNBC<\/a>: \u201cIt feels like much more of a community space and I think that\u2019s because it\u2019s something you can freely enter and exit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional cities such as Alexandria, Boston, Denver, and Richmond, among others, have since rolled out their own temporary free transit initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Cities experimenting with zero-fare systems also hope to reduce the number of cars on the road, decreasing pollution as a result. After a one-month fare free pilot program last year, Salt Lake City saw &#8220;an estimated savings of 68 tons of criteria air pollutant generation due to transit ridership&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideuta.com\/-\/media\/Files\/Rider-Info\/Free-Fare-February\/FFF_Report_FINAL_Apr2022.ashx\">Utah Transit Authority<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of U.S. cities are allowing public transit riders to hop on board for free. Proponents of the zero-fare movement argue that eliminating fares boosts ridership by removing cost burdens \u2014 particularly for lower-income passengers, who typically rely most on public transportation. 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