Implementation and Outcomes of Fare-Free Transit Systems (2012)

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55 This synthesis represents the first comprehensive attempt to identify those transit systems that currently utilize, or at one time utilized, a fare-free policy. A report completed for the city of San Francisco in 2008 could identify only six public transit systems that oper- ated on a fare-free basis (8). A few of the transit managers of fare- free systems indicated that they thought they were the only transit agency in the country providing fare-free service. It is hoped that this listing will help them communicate to their mutual benefit, and make it easier for others who are considering implementing fare- free service to contact them for more information on their expe- riences. Information for those systems identified in the course of preparing this report is provided below, in alphabetical order: 1. Advance Transit—Hanover, New Hampshire/Wilder, Vermont http://www.advancetransit.com/index.htm 2. ApplCART—Watauga County, Boone, North Carolina http://appalcart.com/contact_us.html 3. Asheville Transit System—North Carolina (experimented in 2006) http://ashevillenc.gov/residents/transportation/ city_bus/default.aspx?id=19446 4. Aspen Shuttles—Aspen, Colorado http://www.aspenpitkin. com/Departments/Transportation/Free-Aspen-Shuttles/ 5. Atomic City Transit—Los Alamos County, New Mexico http://www.losalamosnm.us/transit/Pages/default.aspx 6. Breckenridge Free Ride—Town of Breckenridge, Colorado http://www.townofbreckenridge.com/index.aspx?page =943 7. Cache Valley Transit District—Logan, Utah http://www. cvtdbus.org/index.php 8. Canby Area Transit—Canby, Oregon http://www.ci.canby. or.us/transportation/CAThomepage.htm 9. Chapel Hill Transit, North Carolina http://www.ci.chapel- hill.nc.us/index.aspx?page=1175 10. Citylink—Kootenai and Benewah Counties, Idaho http:// www.idahocitylink.com/contact.php 11. Citylink Edmond, Oklahoma http://edmondok.com/ communitydev/citylink 12. Clemson Area Transit, South Carolina http://www.catbus. com/ 13. Commerce Transit http://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/index. aspx?NID=90 14. Community Transportation of Cape May County, New Jersey http://www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/ webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=8504 15. Corvallis Transit System—Corvallis, Oregon http://www. ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task= view&id=469&Itemid=412 16. Deerfield Valley Transit Association http://www.moover. com/index.php 17. East Chicago Transit, Indiana http://www.eastchicago.com/ departments/bus_transit/ 18. Estes Park Shuttle—Estes, Colorado http://www.allrocky mountain.com/transportation/shuttles_transit.php 19. Free Ride Glenwood Springs, Colorado http://www.ci. glenwood-springs.co.us/transpo/1a.htm 20. GoLine Transit—Indian River County, Florida http://www. golineirt.com/ 21. Go West Transit—Macomb, Illinois http://www.wiu.edu/ student_services/go_west/ 22. Hele-On Bus—Hawai’i County Mass Transit Agency, Hawai’i County, Hawai’i http://www.heleonbus.org/ 23. Island Transit—Whidbey Island, Washington info@island- transit.org http://islandtransit.org/ 24. Link Transit—Chelan–Douglas County, WA (formerly fare- free, now charges) http://www.linktransit.com/ 25. Marion City Bus Transportation Department http://marion indiana.us/transportation.cfm 26. Mason Transit—Mason County, WA http://www.mason transit.org/ 27. McCall Transit—McCall, Idaho http://www.mccall.id.us/ community/transit.html 28. Mountain Express—Crested Butte, Colorado http://www. crestedbutte-co.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC& SEC=%7B2C4811E8-15A0-4F0F-976C-E8236C6 DAC57%7D 29. Mountain Rides—Ketchum, Idaho http://www.mountain- rides.org/ 30. Mountain Village Transportation, Colorado www.mountain- village.co.us/index.aspx?nid=196 31. Niles Free Bus—Niles, Illinois http://www.vniles.com/ Content/templates/?a=76 32. North Central Regional Transit District—parts of Rio Arriba, Taos, and Santa Fe counties, NM http://www.ncrtd.org/ 33. Park City Transit, Utah http://www.parkcity.org/index.aspx? page=422 34. SPOT (Selkirk–Pend Oreille Transit), Idaho 35. Steamboat Springs, Colorado http://steamboatsprings.net/ departments/transportation_services/bus_service 36. Streamline—Bozeman, Montana http://www.streamline- bus.com/about-streamline-bus/ 37. Summit Stage—Summit County, Colorado http://www. summitstage.com/ 38. Telluride Galloping Goose Transit—Town of Telluride, Colorado http://www.telluride-co.gov/index.aspx?page=56 39. Treasure Valley Transit—Nampa, Idaho http://www. treasurevalleytransit.com/ 40. UMASS Transit—Amherst, Massachusetts http://www. umass.edu/transit/buses.html 41. Vail Transit Department, Colorado http://www.vailgov. com/subpage.asp?dept_id=46 Appendix B Contact information for public Transit Systems That Have implemented Totally Fare-Free policies