Tagged: ride-free area

10:44am

Mon September 24, 2012
Transportation

Seattle's free-ride zone is ending; 'funeral' is set for Friday

Credit Jake Ellison / KPLU

A cultural shift is taking place in Seattle. It’s the elimination of a free-ride zone downtown, for bus riders.

It’s been in place for four decades. And on Friday (Sept. 28) it will go away. 

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12:00pm

Mon April 16, 2012
Metro Transit

Helping the poor when Metro 'free ride zone' disappears

For nearly 40 years, riding the bus in downtown Seattle has been free. Now, with Metro Transit set to end the free ride zone in September as a cost saving measure, officials are wrestling with how best to serve people who won’t be able to afford the new fares of $2.25 to $2.50.

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