'Who benefits from the free bus fares mandated by the Mayor and City Council?... Is free really free? A resounding NO.'
With the Tucson Mayor and City Council’s May 10 decision to extend free bus rides on Sun Tran through 2023, it begs the question, is free really free?
While the Mayor and City Council remain committed to the idea laid out in an April memo by Deputy City Manager Timothy Thomure, “fare-free operations can be implemented to promote transit usage, reduce barriers to transit, and improve equity in transit services,” the frontline men and women at the wheel may not see it that way.
Hampton says buses serve as rolling air conditioning in summer, adding homeless and mentally ill use drugs, consume alcohol, relieve themselves, vandalize buses, and assault drivers. When considering continuing free fares, or any changes designed to remove rider barriers, we need to ensure a sustainable funding stream, use rider input to inform decisions, ensure a balance between service improvement and expansion, and use equity to target such programs.
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