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The home of the , Chapelo Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claima first-place City Livability Award. Chapelp Hill won for citiex with populations of fewerthan 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populationsw of morethan 100,000. The contest was judged on three mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impact on the qualit of life for residents. The U.S. Conference of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longedr charge fares to any rided on itsbus system, the organization said in a presws release.
While many bus systems in collegestowns don’t charge students and faculty to ride, a scantt few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-free systen to encourage people to take the bus and leavee their cars at The plan worked. Ridership on Chapel Hill transitt has more than doubled since farex wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projectedf 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Publicc Transit system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release.
“This bus systemj makes Chapel Hill continues to be the kind of placrpeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planningf a “community event” to celebrate the livability awarx and that it will release details
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