The MTA is making five bus routes free by late September.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Free rides are coming to five city bus routes by Sept. 24, the MTA said on Monday.
“That is a great thing that the bus will be free, hallelujah,” said Mattie Smith, a senior citizen from Harlem who rides the M116 bus two to three times a week. “We have so much we have to do with our little funds.” Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state legislature required the MTA to launch the program as part of the state budget, which wasThe legislation came after transit advocates lobbied for free bus service as a way to make mass transit more accessible for low-income New Yorkers.
Buses on the five free routes will be branded with “Fare Free” signs, officials said. And the MTA plans to add green and black designs to bus stop signs on the free routes that tell riders they won’t have to pay.
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