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The Impact of Free Buses in Alexandria, VA

The Zohran Mamdani free bus proposal has been living fare-free in my brain for quite a while now. There’s a vibrant debate among transportation experts and urbanists as to how making transit free compares with other transit improvements in terms of increasing ridership, decreasing car dependency, and other outcomes. While Read more…

By Kevin Werner, 3 months ago
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Zohran Mamdani, Free Buses, and Thinking Like an Economist

No graphs or maps today. I wanted to cash in on the Zohran Mamdani bonanza before something else becomes the topic of the day. But I’ll get back to Zohran in a minute. I recently read Elizabeth Popp Berman’s book “Thinking Like an Economist,” and it has given me a Read more…

By Kevin Werner, 5 monthsJune 26, 2025 ago
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