The Sacramento Regional Transit District’s fare-free transit program has been extended through September 30, 2021.
The City of Sacramento provided SacRT with $1 million, as well as additional funds from other cities and school districts to counter revenue loss for the year-long RydeFreeRT program.
The last time MTS saw this level of ridership gains was in FY 2015, when the agency recorded back-to-back years of record ridership.
Officials will conduct research and submit a report by April 2020 on offering the service to young students for free.
he spike has been led by the Trolley, which has posted six straight months of year-over-year gains.
RydeFreeRT waives youth fares on bus, light rail, and SmaRT Ride microtransit service across SacRT’s service area.
With the new program, UMass Lowell is increasing transportation options — which include a network of campus shuttles and a free bicycle-sharing program
Meanwhile, a person who may have spread the malware that disabled Muni computers said they want $73,000 as ransom in exchange for captured transit agency data.
Customers must be qualified to ride IndeAccess, Dial-A-Ride or Share-A-Fare. Paratransit users not familiar with riding a bus will be provided training, the report said.
Following unanimous approval by the SFMTA board in January, the SFMTA has worked tirelessly to meet the city’s demand for this program. In just over one month, the SFMTA has processed more than 38,000 applications for the Free Muni program expansion.
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