Some cities have a really out-of-the-box idea to deal with all the budgetary woes transit agencies are facing. In Washington, D.C., there's this big historic movement to make all the buses in D.C. free permanently. Is public transit a public good? We're going to ask the people in the know on the show.
Transit agencies nationwide are facing an existential crisis. Washington, DC’s city council has a paradoxical solution: make subways and buses free.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Additional help from Miles Bryan and Jolie Myers.
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