The plan would put DC on the map as a public transit revolutionary in the United States. The mayor of DC didn't seem that stoked about it. Sometime this summer, we're going to have the very first fair free ride take place. That program is in doubt tonight following a new report from the district's chief financial officer.
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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