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Fare Free Public Transportation: A full-scale, real-world experiment in Alexandria (VA)

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dc.contributor.authorCirillo, Cinzia
dc.contributor.authorTabrizi, Asal Mehdi
dc.contributor.authorRakha, Hesham
dc.contributor.authorDu, Jianhe
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Mobility & Equity Centeren_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T14:53:19Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T14:53:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.description.abstractThe Fare Free Public Transportation (FFPT) concept is a common part of the agenda among transit agencies and state and federal policy makers. The subject is particularly important in the post-pandemic period, as transit use is slowly recovering but has not yet reached pre-pandemic ridership and market share. FFPT has been implemented in Europe and to a certain degree in the USA; however, there are very few studies that have effectively collected data and evaluated the consequences with respect to its implementation. This study monitored a full-scale, real-world FFPT plan implemented in Alexandria, VA in the Fall of 2021, separating respondents into treatment and control groups. Descriptive statistics indicated minimal disparity between the treatment and control groups across most socio-demographic variables. Notably, residents of Alexandria exhibit a higher propensity to use buses compared to the control group, both prior to and post-policy implementation. Regarding awareness of the policy, a majority of respondents were uninformed, while the policy's impact is more pronounced among those who were aware. Around 32% of respondents increased their bus usage following FFPT implementation, with approximately 80% of this subset utilizing buses more frequently than before. This policy evaluation is relevant not only to Alexandria, but to many stakeholders across the country that are considering similar policies in other cities.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUS Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary-Research UTC Program, RDT-30 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ACADEMIA/CENTERS/ntc/umec/FareFreePublicTransportation.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent20 pagesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2iwoh-gofi
dc.identifier.other69A43551747123
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/29645
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtMorgan State Universityen_US
dc.rights©Morgan State University, 2023. Non-exclusive rights are retained by the U.S. DOT.en_US
dc.rightsPublic Domain Mark 1.0*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/*
dc.subjectPublic Transportation Ridershipen_US
dc.subjectFree-Fare Policyen_US
dc.subjectModal Shiften_US
dc.subjectSocial Welfareen_US
dc.titleFare Free Public Transportation: A full-scale, real-world experiment in Alexandria (VA)en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5167-0413en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-2929en_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-8818en_US

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