KEY POINTS
  • Washington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law.
  • The policy eliminates the $2 fare for all the city's buses starting this summer.
  • It is the largest city to institute a fare-free transit system and part of a growing movement nationwide.
A bus is seen in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2022. - The Washington government voted to institute free bus rides for all starting in the summer of 2023.

Washington, D.C., has enacted a zero-fare bus bill into law, according to the D.C. Council.

Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to officially approve the bill, which eliminates the $2 fare for all city buses, adds a dozen 24-hour bus lines starting in July and calls for a $10 million investment into other service improvements to the bus lines.