New York City Launches Five Free Bus Lines in Pilot Program
On Sep. 24, the MTA threw those fare hikes in reverse for riders on five of its bus routes. Those routes \u2014 one in each borough \u2014 are now free for all riders. It\u2019s a six-month pilot project to see if free fares will drive up bus ridership and increase the speed of the buses whose drivers no longer have to collect fares. \n\nThe Indypendent's Elias Guerra. He spoke with riders on the B60, one of the trial lines. Then we speak with State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who represents Assembly District 36 in Astoria, Queens. Last spring, he led the push in Albany to win funding for this no-fare experiment.