The state of Massachusetts has announced grants to 13 Regional Transit Authorities to provide year-round, fare free public transportation services. The program grows out of pilot free transit programs that have been running since the start of the COVID pandemic. In some communities the program has let to transit ridership at pre-pandemic levels.
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