In Albuquerque, catching the bus can be as simple as stepping aboard and taking a seat, as a transit-focused content creator’s ride across town is drawing attention to a rare U.S. experiment: a large city system where public transportation is free to use.
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In a video posted to TikTok, dzhoww (@dzhoww) used a return trip from the National Hispanic Cultural Center to downtown to spotlight Albuquerque’s ABQ RIDE network. He described the city in the post as the biggest fare-free transit system in the U.S. and one of the largest of its kind in the world.
@dzhoww Albuquerque is the largest free public transit city in America and one of the largest in the world!! #publictransit#metro♬ original sound – dzhoww
The creator summed up the policy simply, saying, “All the buses, all the rapid transit, um, throughout the whole city are free or fareless.”…