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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claima first-placr 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 threes criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and and the broad impact on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decisiojn in 2002 to no longer charge farezs to any rider on its bus the organization said in aprese release. While many bus systems in collegsetowns don’t charge students and faculth to ride, a scant few provide free service to all riders.
The town implementefd the fare-free system to encourage people to take the bus and leavd their cars at Theplan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transigt has more than doubled since fares wereeliminatede – going from 3 millio n in 2002 to a projected 7 million this “The Chapel Hill Public Transit system is the foundation of our sustainabl e future,” Foy said in a press “This bus system makesz Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placw people love; for us it is an investmentf and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community event” to celebrate the livabilithy award and that it will release details soon.
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