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Fares and Funding

What is Fair About Raising Bus Fares While Subsidizing Downtown Parking?

Past Situation

• Web Page on Fares and Funding 2010-2016
• Web Page on Fares and Funding Hike of 2008-2009
• Web Page on Fares and Funding Situation 2004-2006

Situation Since 2017

• Fares on Metro Transit's web site
• The Bus Stops Here: For a Capped Commute Card - Jan. 21, 2020

Proposals for the Near Future

• Transit Fare Options Analysis - June 2021
• Proposed Metro Fare Collection Policy Aug. 2, 2021
• MABA Position Statement on how "An Account-Based Fare Collection System Should Keep The Cash Option" - Aug. 13, 2021
• Madison transportation board shelves cashless bus fare proposal - Aug. 17, 2021
• Keep the Cash Option When Paying Fares - Aug. 18, 2021

No Fares?

• More than just riding without a ticket? Exploring the geography of fare-free transit by Wojciech Keblowski updated as of Jan. 2020
• Fare Free Transit Article URLs 2019- compiled by Jon Becker - July 2, 2021

For Kids

• Metro Bus Adventures made possible with free school bus pass - VIDEO by Simone Weinhold Oct. 12, 2021
• City of Madison and Madison School District to provide bus passes for middle and high schoolers - May 28, 2021
• Give every student a bus pass -- Susan De Vos Feb. 2, 2020

Madison Area Bus Advocates | P.O. Box 260156, Madison, WI 53726-0156 | info@busadvocates.org

Last updated: 10/12/21