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A look at the bus system in Luxembourg, another city looking to make public transport free. (Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n Around the summer of 2020, Luxembourg is due to become one of the first countries to have fare-free public transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the country as a whole has 600,000 inhabitants, nearly 200,000 people living in France, Belgium and Germany cross the border every day to work in Luxembourg,\u201d according to Daniel Boffey of The Guardian, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There have been some opposing views to Luxembourg switching to a fare-free system considering that their public transit is already quite cheap and their real issue of inequality lies in their rising housing costs. Also, those who travel into Luxembourg for work would have paid their fees elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kansas City\u2019s switch to a fare-free system has also been criticized considering that according to the Transit and Mobility Plan for the Kansas City Region, 92% of commuters use a car to get to work, as calculated by Terry Nguyen at Vox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whether a fare-free system will actually change the amount of people using public transportation is very much a case-by-case basis. This was pointed out by Nguyen in his statement that \u201cin Dunkirk, France, ridership increased by 85 percent immediately after the initiative was introduced, but in Tallinn, Estonia, it\u2019s only increased by 3% over the five years that free transit has been offered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it\u2019s typically hit or miss in regards to the benefits of fare-free transportation, it is hopeful that certain cities are taking strides to improve the lives of their citizens, even if it means saving them a couple of dollars a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannah Shafer
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