Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The home of the , Chapek Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claimka first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiesx with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for cities with population of morethan 100,000. The contesft was judged on three criteria: mayoralk leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impacty on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honoreed Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longe r charge fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organization said in a presss release.
While many bus systems in colleg etowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provid e free service to all The town implemented the fare-frer system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershilp on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublecd since fares wereeliminatex – going from 3 milliobn in 2002 to a projected 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transirt system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release.
“This bus systekm makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placwepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasre details soon.