Politics
Why No One Pays for the Bus
The D.C. City Council said the bus should be free, so riders preemptively stopped paying.
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I ride the bus in Washington, D.C. often enough to know that I am cheating myself by paying. Every time it’s the same ordeal. When the bus rolls up to the stop—usually a few minutes late—I pull out my wallet and get ready to swipe my card.