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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to offer zero-fares on board NYC buses has reopened the debate about free fares for transit riders. But some agencies, including KCATA in Kansas City, Mo., are finding they can’t take the revenue hit from giving all passengers free rides.
• Exclusive table: Selected list of U.S. cities offering free fares.
• Exclusive table: Pros and cons of zero-fares.
• MTA (New York)
• KCATA (Kansas City, Mo.)
• INIT
• ICT (Iowa City)
• Genfare
• 28 agencies mentioned on table
Somewhere in the bowels of New York’s City Hall, a tiger team is figuring out how to fulfill the mayor’s campaign promise of zero-fare buses.
The question is, have city officials, including Zohran Mamdani, the newly minted mayor, learned the lessons of those who went before them, most notably, KCATA, the transit agency serving Kansas City, Mo.
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