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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claimma first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiews with populations of fewerthan Charleston, S.C., won for cities with populations of more than The contest was judged on three criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broasd impact on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decisiobn in 2002 to no longer charge fares to any riderf on itsbus system, the organization said in a press release.
While many bus systems in collegewtowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-free system to encouraged people to take the bus and leav e their cars at The plan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublede since fares wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projectede 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transit system is the foundation of oursustainablde future,” Foy said in a press release.
“Thia bus system makes Chapel Hill continuw to be the kind of place people for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planninga “communitu event” to celebrate the livability awarx and that it will release details soon.
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