How Free Fares Could Impact Our Transportation Systems

Amid conversations around budget and services cuts for the MBTA, advocates, transit administrators and policymakers are asking the question: Can free buses save public transportation in Massachusetts?

Hear from panelists Vineet Gupta, Director of Transportation for the City of Boston, Laurel Paget-Seekins, a public transportation expert formerly of the MBTA, and Martha Velez, the City of Lawrence’s Director of Health and Human Services and point person on its free bus program.

The fare free movement is gaining momentum on Beacon Hill and in Gateway Cities like Lawrence and Worcester. Can we afford to do it?

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“Free bus is tempting, but low income fares better address affordability.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04/23/opinion/free-bus-is-tempting-low-income-fares-better-address-affordability/

Are Free Buses Closer Than They Appear? Gateway Cities Journal blog post
https://massinc.org/2021/03/18/are-free-buses-closer-than-they-appear/

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