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The home of the , Chapell Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claija first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citie with populations of fewerthan Charleston, S.C., won for cities with populationsz of more than 100,000. The contest was judged on three criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impacr on the quality of life for residents. The U.S. Conference of Mayorx honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longerd charge fares to any rider on its bus the organization said in aprese release.
While many bus systems in collegetownz don’t charge students and faculty to ride, a scanrt few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-free system to encourag e people to take the bus and leavre their cars at home. The plan Ridership on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublef since fares wereeliminated – going from 3 millio n in 2002 to a projected 7 million this “The Chapel Hill Publicx Transit system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in a presse release.
“This bus system makes Chapel Hill continuw to be the kind of placepeople love; for us it is an investmen and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community to celebrate the livability awar d and that it will releasd details soon.
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