This series by Dave Olsen, funded by readers who donated to The Tyee Fellowship for Solutions-oriented Reporting, takes a hard look at fare hikes and spending priorities by B.C.'s transit planners, as well as rising greenhouse emissions and pollution by the private automobile, and asks: Why are we creating any barriers for people who might take public transit? Olsen seeks a solution by travelling to Whidbey Island in Washington State and a Belgian big city to explore wholly tax-supported systems that don't charge riders. He finds them more efficient, civil and well-used than ours.
In This Series
No Fares! A Reader-funded Solutions Series
Is it crazy to imagine free public transit? Or crazy not to? You made possible Dave Olsen's inquiry.
Let's Knock Off the Fare Box
Most BC transit authorities in the dark about the real costs of collecting fares.