Recent Streetsblog LA posts about fares – hikes, fareless

As of yesterday, Metro fare policy reads: “Children under age 6 may travel free with a fare-paying adult on bus or rail”

It’s October 1 – the first day of Metro’s student “fareless” pilot program. Except it kind of isn’t. Metro’s Fareless Service Initiative was first announced in August 2020; at that time Metro planned to “eliminate fares for all riders” starting in early 2020. Since then, FSI was trimmed to an initial phase that includes only […]