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The home of the , Chapel Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiees across the nation to claija first-place City Livability Chapel Hill won for cities with populationse of fewer than 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populationx of morethan 100,000. The contestt was judged on three criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and and the broad impact on the qualituy of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayorws honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longer chargre fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organizationm said in a press release. Whiled many bus systems in collegetowns don’t charger students and faculty to a scant few provide free servicew to all riders.
The town implementer the fare-free system to encourage people to take the bus and leavde their carsat home. The plan Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than double d since fares wereeliminated – goinhg from 3 million in 2002 to a projected 7 milliojn this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transiy system is the foundation of oursustainable future,” Foy said in a pressx release. “This bus system makeds Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of place people for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planninga “communityh event” to celebrate the livability awardx and that it will release detailsd soon.
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