Pursuing FREE City-Wide Bus

[normalthings]

The influx of federal funding ensures the entire region will remain zero fare through the end of 2022, possibly longer.

Will the funds cover any improvements? either to service, shelters, or the buses themselves

[KCPowercat]

I thought we had already built this into city budgets?

I do now lazily jump on one if I have a big hill to walk.

[DaveKCMO]

I thought we had already built this into city budgets?

It's complicated.

[KCPowercat]

It never is.

[smh]

The influx of federal funding ensures the entire region will remain zero fare through the end of 2022, possibly longer.

Dave, any data on how this is affecting headways, or things like "staff incidents"? I feel like the latter was maybe not super high to begin with but curious if you're seeing fewer unruly pax by removing the fare interaction.

[DaveKCMO]

The influx of federal funding ensures the entire region will remain zero fare through the end of 2022, possibly longer.

Dave, any data on how this is affecting headways, or things like "staff incidents"? I feel like the latter was maybe not super high to begin with but curious if you're seeing fewer unruly pax by removing the fare interaction.

Before COVID the #1 incident type was fare dispute, since COVID it's mask compliance.

[cardium]

Some nice coverage here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transpor ... re-future/