{"id":1519,"date":"2019-12-12T20:40:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2019-12-12T20:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:40:47","slug":"1-city-free-transit-within-city-4-pulic-benefits-of-free-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/1-city-free-transit-within-city-4-pulic-benefits-of-free-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"+1 City Free Transit within City. 4 Public Benefits of Free Transit."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Kansas City MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How: <\/strong> City Council approved a policy to make fixed-route public transportation free within the city<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Are other cities considering the same?<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Columbia, SC is<\/li><li>Colorado ski communities offer free buses seasonally to improve visitor safety during ski season<\/li><li>Many universities offer free service<\/li><li>DC has a pilot program for free rides for low income residents<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4 Benefits of free public transit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Improve equity<\/li><li>It&#8217;s cost effective when the cost of fare collection exceeds revenue gained<\/li><li>Increase ridership<\/li><li>Alleviate transit employees&#8217; enforcement responsibilities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/news\/kansas-city-mo-to-eliminate-transit-fares\/568754\/\">Smart Cities Dive | Kansas City, MO to eliminate transit fares<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where: Kansas City MO How: City Council approved a policy to make fixed-route public transportation free within the city Are other cities considering the same? Yes Columbia, SC is Colorado ski communities offer free buses seasonally to improve visitor safety during ski season Many universities offer free service DC has a pilot program for free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}