Last month, the New York Times ran a glowing profile of Iowa City’s fare-free bus pilot program. Since eliminating fares in August 2023, the college town of 75,000 has seen ridership increase, ...

New Yorkers want better public transportation and a more affordable city. Politicians argue that fare-free buses will deliver both. But eliminating fares could cost the city $1 billion, depriving it ...

Zohran Mamdani made free buses one of his signature policy proposals during the New York City mayor's race, a campaign filled with ideas to make living in NYC more affordable. Now that he has been ...

The Midwestern city went fare-free two years ago, mainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at a city that made the buses free. We’ll ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may have to pump the brakes on his idea to make buses free in the Big Apple. Speaking to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 8, Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...