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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

jamey@toot.cat ("Jamey Sharp") wrote:

The city of Albuquerque recently made their free bus fare pilot program permanent (https://www.cabq.gov/transit/news/zero-fares-is-here-to-stay) and Kansas City has had fareless mass transit for several years now (https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/kansas-city-zero-fare-free-transit-program-shows-major-success, https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2023/12/15/people-who-ride-kcata-fare-free-buses-healthier-researchers-say/). This seems like a good time to remind people that transit fares are not about money: https://jamey.thesharps.us/2019/12/12/transit-fares-are-not-about-money/