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Beginning today in Washington, D.C., riders on DC Circulator buses will return to paying the regular $1 fare. Since late February, those rides had been free under a program promoted by D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser as a way to help the city’s poor and low-income residents. Critics, including some council members, claimed the “free Circulator disproportionately benefited tourists and people who live and work in some of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods.” Council denied Bowser the financial support to make the free rides permanent.
Beginning today in Washington, D.C., riders on DC Circulator buses will return to paying the regular $1 fare. Since late February, those rides had been free under a program promoted by D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser as a way to help the city’s poor and low-income residents. Critics, including some council members, claimed the “free Circulator disproportionately benefited tourists and people who live and work in some of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods.” Council denied Bowser the financial support to make the free rides permanent. (Washington Post — September 30, 2019)
