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MCDOT<p>‼️ Get Ready‼️ Big changes are coming for Ride On! Starting June 29, 🚫ZERO🚫 fares on Ride On, Ride On extRa, Ride On Flex and Flash buses🚌 <br>⭐For more information visit🔗 <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-transit/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-tra</span><span class="invisible">nsit/index.html</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/freefares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freefares</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/montgomerycountymd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>montgomerycountymd</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/mdcommuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mdcommuters</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/commuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commuting</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TransitTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransitTooter</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/rideonbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rideonbus</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/freetransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freetransit</span></a></p>
MCDOT<p>🚌 🚏 🥫 Let’s feed our community, one donation at a time. From May 25–31, ride free on any <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RideOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RideOn</span></a> bus🚌 when you donate a non-perishable food🥫 item to the Ride On Food Drive! Go to▶️ <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Transit/food-drive.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Tra</span><span class="invisible">nsit/food-drive.html</span></a> for more info and drop off locations. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RideOnFoodDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RideOnFoodDrive</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MannaFoodCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MannaFoodCenter</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MDCommuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MDCommuters</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Commuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commuting</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FoodDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodDrive</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/FreeTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTransit</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Montgomerycountymd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montgomerycountymd</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maryland</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/TransitTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransitTooter</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCGreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCGreenParty</span></a> made the first big splash of the 2024 provincial <a href="https://beige.party/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> campaign with a major commitment to expand <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a>, including a promise of “free public transit, province-wide” that has been widely criticized as being too costly.</p><p>While shifting to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTransit</span></a> for everyone, everywhere could be fiscally and logistically challenging in the short run, BC needs bold solutions to address the congestion clogging up our cities, shrink our societal dependence on cars and improve affordability of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a>.</p><p>Free transit would need to be combined with major transportation investments to bolster local <a href="https://beige.party/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> systems and interconnect them across the province, as recommended in our recent <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ConnectingBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectingBC</span></a> report. In that report we call for doubling the number of buses in BC within five years and tripling within 10 (both of which are echoed in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenParty</span></a> platform), in addition to new <a href="https://beige.party/tags/rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rail</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ferry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ferry</span></a> infrastructure and expansion of free transit.</p><p><a href="https://www.policynote.ca/free-transit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">policynote.ca/free-transit</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCElection2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCElection2024</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCVotes2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCVotes2024</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ElectionsBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TheFutureIsGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFutureIsGreen</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeTransitForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTransitForAll</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransportation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BusTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BusTransport</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCGreens</span></a></p>
George Musser<p>"The MTA’s struggle with fare evasion has revived perennial questions about whether mass transit users should pay at all. Left-leaning advocates have argued that the bus system should be treated as a public service funded through taxes, like public education and the police. 'This is not the way it has to be,' said Assemblyman Zohran K. Mamdani...." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freetransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freetransit</span></a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/nyregion/nyc-bus-subway-fare-evasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GE4.KH6k.NmY5hHuRAPe8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/08/26/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nyc-bus-subway-fare-evasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GE4.KH6k.NmY5hHuRAPe8</span></a></p>
Rob Bellinger<p>"no one uses it"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freetransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freetransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UlsterCountyNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UlsterCountyNY</span></a></p>
scott f<p>Petaluma has free buses, funded by climate grants!</p><p>"Previously, bus fees yielded about $162,000 each year, which was less than 10% of Petaluma’s transit budget." (Fares are currently less than 10% of Muni's budget... 👀)</p><p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/petaluma-free-bus-services-19563687.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfgate.com/bayarea/article/pet</span><span class="invisible">aluma-free-bus-services-19563687.php</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/TransitTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransitTooter</span></a> <a href="https://carfree.city/tags/FreeTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTransit</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>This was an interesting discussion of public transit issues, and includes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichelleWu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleWu</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> matters as part of the story.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MApoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MApoli</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/should-public-transit-be-free-update/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freakonomics.com/podcast/shoul</span><span class="invisible">d-public-transit-be-free-update/</span></a></p>

I guess there's another silly piece against #FreeTransit going around. I wrote in December:

Imagine if, when a driver demanded free parking, the other members of their automobile club chewed them out: “What are you doing? Without our parking fees, they’re going to cut the budget for highway building!” The car gets whatever it wants, freeways and free parking both, because it’s taken seriously. The point is for transit to be equally as popular and taken seriously.

scott.mn/2022/12/20/whos_afrai

scott.mnWho's afraid of free transit?

Pretty exciting to see free fares on the table for LA Metro. Fares only supplied 5% of revenue. That should make it an easy call to make the system more approachable - "just hop on."

There was an LA Metro presentation slide (anyone have the link?) that estimated a higher ridership gain from free fares than from all of Metro's planned capital projects put together. #FreeTransit #transit #transitTooter masstransitmag.com/technology/

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#FreeTransit is such a good idea, you have to root around for 40 year old articles to argue it's bad

I looked at the citations in an article published today against fare-free transit, and they're citing a study from literally 1980

From Denver, which also tried free fares in August 2022. This time around, "there were no significant overcrowding issues or increase in crime on RTD’s buses or trains as ridership surged by 22%." That evidently didn't support the narrative coloradosun.com/2022/12/01/zer

The Colorado SunPublic transit was free for many Coloradans in August. When fares returned, many riders stayed, data shows.By Olivia Prentzel