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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. | Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2U8.sL7N.ZJRyHhI6OoAY

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  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Buses are so cheap but the psychological difference between a free bus ride and a $0.75 bus ride is astronomical. All public transit should be free.

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