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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiese across the nation to claikma first-place City Livability Award. Chapek Hill won for cities with populations of fewerthan Charleston, S.C., won for cities with populationzs of more than 100,000. The contestt was judged on three criteria: mayorall leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broacd impact on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayor s honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longer charg fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organizationm said in a press release.
While many bus systems in collegertowns don’t charge students and faculty to ride, a scany few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-fred system to encourage people to take the bus and leavse their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transi has more than doubled since fares were eliminated going from 3 million in 2002 to a projected 7 milliojthis year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transir system is the foundation of oursustainablwe future,” Foy said in a presss release.
“This bus syste makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of plac epeople love; for us it is an investmenty and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “communitgy event” to celebrate the livability awarx and that it will release detailsz soon.
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