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9 IntroductIon This chapter summarizes findings from a literature review related to the subject of fare-free public transit. A TRIS search was conducted to aid the review, using key phrases such as "free transit," "fare-free public transit," "no-fare transit," and "free transit demonstration." Internet searches applying the same terms were used to discover newspaper articles or other information that might be written by reporters or bloggers interested in this subject.
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10 In general, the smaller the system, the more likely the net revenue of collecting fares is closer to zero. Many of the small transit agencies that responded to the questionnaire for this TCRP project reported they did not do any formal analysis to determine the cost-benefit of charging a fare.
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11 (although it would appear closer to $100,000) compared with the $5 million in revenue that was collected (7)
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12 In Summit County, Colorado, the general manager reported that recent cost-benefit analyses have been undertaken to determine the feasibility of implementing a fare system. These have focused on the infrastructure costs of implementing the fare collection system including fareboxes, money counters, and retrofits to facilities to count and store money that was estimated to cost $1 million.
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13 other forms of fare discounts (13)
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14 automobile and one-third by walking. It was estimated that the fare-free off-peak transit service reduced Trenton's typical weekly 21 million vehicle-miles traveled by 30,000 miles per week (19)
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15 free to all users during the midday off-peak time (9:00 a.m.
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17 The general manager of the Duluth Transit Authority in Duluth, Minnesota, a community with a regional population of approximately 280,000 on the western most point of Lake Superior, has also indicated that it is strongly considering a fare-free system following review of the total cost of the fare collection process against the amount of revenue being received. Cash fares have become a smaller part of their revenues because of a prepaid program with the University of Minnesota–Duluth (D.
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