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Tue Jan 31, 2023, 06:23 AM Jan 2023

Washington D.C.'s free bus bill becomes law as zero-fare transit systems take off [View all]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/30/dc-free-bus-bill-becomes-law-zero-fare-transit.html

Washington D.C.’s free bus bill becomes law as zero-fare transit systems take off

PUBLISHED MON, JAN 30 20233:38 PM EST
UPDATED MON, JAN 30 20234:37 PM EST
Rebecca Picciotto

KEY POINTS

- Washington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law.

- The policy eliminates the $2 fare for all the city’s buses starting this summer.

- It is the largest city to institute a fare-free transit system and part of a growing movement nationwide.


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