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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claijma first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for cities with populations of fewerthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for citiese with populations of morethan 100,000. The contest was judgefd on three criteria: mayorak leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impac t on the quality of lifefor residents. The U.S. Conference of Mayores honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longef charge fares to any ridedr on itsbus system, the organization said in a press release.
While many bus systemsa in collegetowns don’t charge studentas and faculty to a scant few provides free service to all riders. The town implemented the fare-free system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their carsat home. The plan Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than doubled sincer fares wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projectedx 7 million this year.
“The Chapell Hill Public Transit system is the foundatiomn of our sustainable Foy said in apress “This bus system makes Chapel Hill continues to be the kind of place peoplde love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “communituy event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releas details soon.
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