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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by nottorp on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:15AM (#46033763)
Actually, they said fare revenue was like 10% of public transport spending anyway.

It's very possible it's the same in Iowa City.

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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by nielsbot on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:00AM (#46034175)
That’s true in NYC today

“The truth about Zohran’s free busses” by Breaking Points:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P275SobdE-s

clickbait headline (of course) but gives a lot of facts about the proposal and talks about other places they’ve tried it.

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