The fare-free program has saved residents $3 million. | JLiu1596, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons
Iowa City’s popular free bus program could be in danger if the city doesn’t find additional long-term funding to support it, according to an article by Isabelle Foland in Daily Iowan. “In the first two years of the program, the city saw a 68 percent increase in ridership on its buses as well as $3 million in savings for residents who took the cost-free buses, said Darian Nagle-Gamm, the city’s transportation director.” Ridership numbers stabilized in the third year, but remains “wildly successful,” according to Nagle-Gamm…