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🎵 C'mon and take a free ride... 🎵
Edgar Winter pioneered the idea in '73.
Now a mega-city is going down the road, as Mamdani promises to make buses in #NYC fare-free.
Has this worked in the rest of the world?
Other cities have tried it...
🧵
Edgar Winter pioneered the idea in '73.
Now a mega-city is going down the road, as Mamdani promises to make buses in #NYC fare-free.
Has this worked in the rest of the world?
Other cities have tried it...
🧵
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🎵 C'mon and take a free ride... 🎵
Edgar Winter pioneered the idea in '73.
Now a mega-city is going down the road, as Mamdani promises to make buses in #NYC fare-free.
Has this worked in the rest of the world?
Other cities have tried it...
🧵
Edgar Winter pioneered the idea in '73.
Now a mega-city is going down the road, as Mamdani promises to make buses in #NYC fare-free.
Has this worked in the rest of the world?
Other cities have tried it...
🧵
"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Fast and free!"
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
That's what Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani promised to make #NYC 's city bus service.
What kind of impact has free transit had in other cities?
#Montpellier , #France is the largest city in Europe to make transit (5 tram lines, 41 bus lines) free for residents...
🧵
Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
🧵
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
🧵
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Here's a public transit model a lot more cities need to know about.
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
🧵
It's the #Karlsruhe Stadtbahn. It runs tram-trains, in this metro region in #Germany of 310,000.
Outside town, they run as standard commuter trains. Inside town, they operate as trams (streetcars)—no need to change mode.
🧵