Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Washington Business Journal:

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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitieds across the nation to claima first-place City Livability Chapel Hill won for citiesw with populations of fewer than 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populations of more than The contest was judged onthree criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broae impact on the quality of life for residents. The U.S. Conferencre of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longee charge fares to any rider on its bus the organization said in apress release. Whild many bus systems in collegetowns don’t charge studentzs and faculty to ride, a scant few providw free service to all riders.
The town implementes the fare-free system to encourage peoplse to take the bus and leave theidr carsat home. The plan worked. Ridership on Chapelo Hill transit has more than doublerd since fares wereeliminatedx – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projectedf 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transit system is the foundation of oursustainabl future,” Foy said in a press release. “Thix bus system makes Chapel Hill continus to be the kind of placewpeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big time.” The town says it is planninfg a “community event” to celebrate the livability awarrd and that it will release details soon.