Re:Kansas City is first major city in U.S. to offer no-cost ...
by tzs on Monday December 16, 2019 @08:10PM
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The free ride zone predated the tunnel by 17 years. The original reason for it was to entice people to use the bus.
From the 1973-09-09 NY Times [1]:
> “I make a flat prediction,” said Mayor Wes Uhlman, who conceived the plan. “With the E.P.A. [Environmental Protection Agency] breathing down the neck of all of us, every major city in the country will be providing free transit within two years.
> “The downtowns are becoming congested and polluted, and we simply have to reclaim them for people away from the automobile.”
From the 1973-09-09 NY Times [1]:
> “I make a flat prediction,” said Mayor Wes Uhlman, who conceived the plan. “With the E.P.A. [Environmental Protection Agency] breathing down the neck of all of us, every major city in the country will be providing free transit within two years.
> “The downtowns are becoming congested and polluted, and we simply have to reclaim them for people away from the automobile.”
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/09/archives/seattle-joining-...