Good to see Transport For West Midlands experimenting with Fair Free Public Transport (FFPT) over the holidays.
FFPT is socially just and urgently needed to tackle climate change and air pollution.
And it is already here in parts of Europe.
More about FFPT here: climateactionwm.org.uk/transport
FFPT is socially just and urgently needed to tackle climate change and air pollution.
And it is already here in parts of Europe.
More about FFPT here: climateactionwm.org.uk/transport
January 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Good to see Transport For West Midlands experimenting with Fair Free Public Transport (FFPT) over the holidays.
FFPT is socially just and urgently needed to tackle climate change and air pollution.
And it is already here in parts of Europe.
More about FFPT here: climateactionwm.org.uk/transport
FFPT is socially just and urgently needed to tackle climate change and air pollution.
And it is already here in parts of Europe.
More about FFPT here: climateactionwm.org.uk/transport
In Luxembourg today for the final seminar of LiFT, our research project on fare-free public transport (FFPT).
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
📣Kick-off of the Symposium "To pay or not to pay: The role of fares in #publictransport"
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In Luxembourg today for the final seminar of LiFT, our research project on fare-free public transport (FFPT).
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
Had the pleasure of opening the event with a keynote on the contradictions of FFPT.
Might also be a good opportunity to experiment with some fare free public transport schemes?
#FFPT
#FFPT
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Ban private jets and cut speed limits to avert UK fuel crisis, say campaigners
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May 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Might also be a good opportunity to experiment with some fare free public transport schemes?
#FFPT
#FFPT
*ffpt* *ffpt* *ffpt*
June 10, 2024 at 9:09 PM
*ffpt* *ffpt* *ffpt*
one way to view ffpt advocacy is a premise: subsidy available is endogenous to what it’s spent on. that voters would embrace taxes for ffpt more readily than for frequency increases. you don’t ask how best to allocate a dollar because it won’t be there under certain allocations.
I wrote about why Zohran Mamdani's free bus fare policy is a good idea actually, why Jarrett Walker's critique below is wrong, and the difference between thinking about transit as a consultant versus as a voter and activist.
June 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
one way to view ffpt advocacy is a premise: subsidy available is endogenous to what it’s spent on. that voters would embrace taxes for ffpt more readily than for frequency increases. you don’t ask how best to allocate a dollar because it won’t be there under certain allocations.
proud of transportation academia as regards ffpt. a policy idea started to gain interest, and new studies came out to inform the discussion with fairly consistent results. sort of how you envision academia is supposed to help things.
A tarifa zero pode ser uma política eficaz para tirar as pessoas do automóvel privado e usarem o transporte público? A gente mostra que a resposta é não nesse estudo que saiu publicado hoje no @jeem-econ.bsky.social
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
proud of transportation academia as regards ffpt. a policy idea started to gain interest, and new studies came out to inform the discussion with fairly consistent results. sort of how you envision academia is supposed to help things.
The FFPT sound when I plug in my headphones
May 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The FFPT sound when I plug in my headphones
Evidence of the impact of fare-free public transport on emissions in the Global North is mixed
This study considers its use in Fuzhou, China and concludes fare-free public transport is effective at improving air quality and the “… estimated health benefits largely outweigh the loss of fare revenue”
This study considers its use in Fuzhou, China and concludes fare-free public transport is effective at improving air quality and the “… estimated health benefits largely outweigh the loss of fare revenue”
Is fare-free public transport effective in improving air quality? Evidence from Fuzhou, China
Fare-free public transport (FFPT) programs are gaining increasing popularity worldwide as a policy tool to mitigate the negative externalities associa…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Evidence of the impact of fare-free public transport on emissions in the Global North is mixed
This study considers its use in Fuzhou, China and concludes fare-free public transport is effective at improving air quality and the “… estimated health benefits largely outweigh the loss of fare revenue”
This study considers its use in Fuzhou, China and concludes fare-free public transport is effective at improving air quality and the “… estimated health benefits largely outweigh the loss of fare revenue”
I was at this show in 1996. Got Paul's autograph afterwards. A few moments later encountered a fellow concert goer, sitting on the hood of a parked car on Irving Place, lamenting to a friend "Maybe I shouldn't have become an accountant?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPT...
Paul Westerberg-Left Of The Dial
YouTube video by Blasty
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 AM
I was at this show in 1996. Got Paul's autograph afterwards. A few moments later encountered a fellow concert goer, sitting on the hood of a parked car on Irving Place, lamenting to a friend "Maybe I shouldn't have become an accountant?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPT...
New article!
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From the fringes to the mainstream and back? The geography of pandemic-driven evolution of fare-free public transport in the United States
The article examines the surprising uptake of the fare-free public transport (FFPT) policy in the United States during the first two years of the COVI…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New article!
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore the geography of #fare-free #public #transport (#FFPT) in the United States. Across the country, 73 urban public transport networks went fare-free during the COVID-19 pandemic, on top of 29 that had existed before.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you read the replies a few criticisms of FFPT come up.
1. Rider surveys consistently rank improved service of reduced or free fares in systems all over the U.S.
2. Budgets are limited. Even in places with low recovery, every dollar spent on subsidizing faires means less frequent buses.
1. Rider surveys consistently rank improved service of reduced or free fares in systems all over the U.S.
2. Budgets are limited. Even in places with low recovery, every dollar spent on subsidizing faires means less frequent buses.
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you read the replies a few criticisms of FFPT come up.
1. Rider surveys consistently rank improved service of reduced or free fares in systems all over the U.S.
2. Budgets are limited. Even in places with low recovery, every dollar spent on subsidizing faires means less frequent buses.
1. Rider surveys consistently rank improved service of reduced or free fares in systems all over the U.S.
2. Budgets are limited. Even in places with low recovery, every dollar spent on subsidizing faires means less frequent buses.
We find relatively small demand effects of free-fare public transport in Stavanger, Norway
#FFPT
findingspress.org/article/1277...
#FFPT
findingspress.org/article/1277...
The Behavioral Impact of Free Public Transport in Stavanger, Norway | Published in Findings
By Fredrik Alexander Gregersen, Petter Christiansen & 3 more. We find a increase in the number of boardings on buses in Stavanger compared to the rest of the county (Rogaland) after the introduction o...
findingspress.org
January 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We find relatively small demand effects of free-fare public transport in Stavanger, Norway
#FFPT
findingspress.org/article/1277...
#FFPT
findingspress.org/article/1277...
FFPT often feels like it is asking transit agencies to be social service providers.
We need M4A to help cover people’s mental health needs. We need cash assistance to address poverty. We need affordable housing funding to end homelessness. We can’t expect transit agencies to solve these problems.
We need M4A to help cover people’s mental health needs. We need cash assistance to address poverty. We need affordable housing funding to end homelessness. We can’t expect transit agencies to solve these problems.
June 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
FFPT often feels like it is asking transit agencies to be social service providers.
We need M4A to help cover people’s mental health needs. We need cash assistance to address poverty. We need affordable housing funding to end homelessness. We can’t expect transit agencies to solve these problems.
We need M4A to help cover people’s mental health needs. We need cash assistance to address poverty. We need affordable housing funding to end homelessness. We can’t expect transit agencies to solve these problems.
It’s actually the opposite of what you’re saying because good systems with high ridership have higher farebox recovery and will thus mean more subsidies are necessary for FFPT.
Kansas City is more easily able to do this because their buses are shitty and no one uses them.
Kansas City is more easily able to do this because their buses are shitty and no one uses them.
June 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It’s actually the opposite of what you’re saying because good systems with high ridership have higher farebox recovery and will thus mean more subsidies are necessary for FFPT.
Kansas City is more easily able to do this because their buses are shitty and no one uses them.
Kansas City is more easily able to do this because their buses are shitty and no one uses them.
📢 The LISER Policy Lab team is pleased to share a new Policy Brief "Fare-free public transport: clear social gains, limited congestion relief " by Veronique Van Acker.
🔗 Discover the publication: liser.lu/news/policy-...
#Luxembourg #FFPT #CarDependency #PublicTransport #Mobility #TransportSky
🔗 Discover the publication: liser.lu/news/policy-...
#Luxembourg #FFPT #CarDependency #PublicTransport #Mobility #TransportSky
Free public transport for all, but congestion persists
Luxembourg’s nationwide fare-free public transport has made mobility more accessible, particularly for younger people, students and lower-income groups, but evidence shows that free fares alone have n...
liser.lu
September 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
📢 The LISER Policy Lab team is pleased to share a new Policy Brief "Fare-free public transport: clear social gains, limited congestion relief " by Veronique Van Acker.
🔗 Discover the publication: liser.lu/news/policy-...
#Luxembourg #FFPT #CarDependency #PublicTransport #Mobility #TransportSky
🔗 Discover the publication: liser.lu/news/policy-...
#Luxembourg #FFPT #CarDependency #PublicTransport #Mobility #TransportSky
This is a review of case studies of FFPT in the EU published in 2021. While most FFPT projects are limited in scope, t
temporary FFPT has been successfully used to reduce air pollution in several cities. Dunkirk and Hasselt also saw significant shift from car to bus.
temporary FFPT has been successfully used to reduce air pollution in several cities. Dunkirk and Hasselt also saw significant shift from car to bus.
June 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is a review of case studies of FFPT in the EU published in 2021. While most FFPT projects are limited in scope, t
temporary FFPT has been successfully used to reduce air pollution in several cities. Dunkirk and Hasselt also saw significant shift from car to bus.
temporary FFPT has been successfully used to reduce air pollution in several cities. Dunkirk and Hasselt also saw significant shift from car to bus.
I completely understand that you are frustrated and that in your local context, FFPT is not the right solution right now, but it's bombarding you on all sides because funders follow trends.
But that doesn't mean that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong within their own context and priorities.
But that doesn't mean that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong within their own context and priorities.
June 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I completely understand that you are frustrated and that in your local context, FFPT is not the right solution right now, but it's bombarding you on all sides because funders follow trends.
But that doesn't mean that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong within their own context and priorities.
But that doesn't mean that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong within their own context and priorities.
Unfortunately quite a weak episode of @srslywrong.bsky.social about FFPT last week. Not a single mention of large-scale long-run implementations like Tallinn, or Luxembourg in fact, with the multiple studies around them. Nice discussions on fares overall, but was expecting a bit more.
July 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Unfortunately quite a weak episode of @srslywrong.bsky.social about FFPT last week. Not a single mention of large-scale long-run implementations like Tallinn, or Luxembourg in fact, with the multiple studies around them. Nice discussions on fares overall, but was expecting a bit more.
The relevant point here to argue against for FFPT advocates tho is not "are ops/FF dividing a fixed pie" but "which has greater benefit per marginal $" (where we might say the marginal $ on ops has zero benefit if it's coming from something like a grant program restricted to free fare pilots)
June 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The relevant point here to argue against for FFPT advocates tho is not "are ops/FF dividing a fixed pie" but "which has greater benefit per marginal $" (where we might say the marginal $ on ops has zero benefit if it's coming from something like a grant program restricted to free fare pilots)
And no, Luxembourg is not truly committed. Point is not even FFPT alone does the trick.
January 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And no, Luxembourg is not truly committed. Point is not even FFPT alone does the trick.
Je ne fais qu’appliquer les règles de la Fédération Française de Penis de Table (FFPT) monsieur
January 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Je ne fais qu’appliquer les règles de la Fédération Française de Penis de Table (FFPT) monsieur
Den säger inte det. Den säger inget om effekten på gångtrafikanter och cyklister. Och detta om biltrafiken:
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Den säger inte det. Den säger inget om effekten på gångtrafikanter och cyklister. Och detta om biltrafiken:
📣Kick-off of the Symposium "To pay or not to pay: The role of fares in #publictransport"
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
March 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
📣Kick-off of the Symposium "To pay or not to pay: The role of fares in #publictransport"
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
🗣️Prof. @wojciechkeblowski.bsky.social presents "Fare-free public transport as an #urbanpolicy: an international perspective"
🔗Event info www.liser.lu/to-pay-or-no...
#FFPT #FareFreePublicTransport #Luxembourg
But while I didn't have all the details about FFPT specifically, being dismissed out of hand as inexpert or out of touch was pretty galling when I am in fact a marginal transit user who knows a lot about local transit issues. Like most public policies, it's complex, nuanced, local, and understudied.
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But while I didn't have all the details about FFPT specifically, being dismissed out of hand as inexpert or out of touch was pretty galling when I am in fact a marginal transit user who knows a lot about local transit issues. Like most public policies, it's complex, nuanced, local, and understudied.