A bus is seen in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2022. – The Washington government voted to institute free bus rides for all starting in the summer of 2023.
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Washington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law, according to the D.C. Council.
Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to officially approve the bill, which eliminates the $2 fare for all city buses, adds a dozen 24-hour bus lines starting in July and calls for a $10 million investment into other service improvements to the bus lines.
But the council enacted the proposal without the mayor’s signature, making Washington the largest U.S. city to codify a fare-free transit system as the movement takes off nationwide. Kansas City, Missouri, previously the
