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513. Should Public Transit Be Free?

Freakonomics Radio

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Free Buses - The Ideal Place to Start

Free buses are the ideal place where we would capture so much of this value. In boston, 64 hours more per year that black bus riders spend on city buses compared to white riders. This is also a place where the act of paying slows down the service because people are lining up and uncrinkling their bills. If boston were to eliminate transit fars, it would become the biggest american city to do so.

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