Zohran Mamdani: “When you make buses free, ridership increases by 30%…”

“What we've seen in the free bus pilot that we won in Albany just two years ago is that When you make buses free, ridership increases by 30%, assaults on bus operators drop by nearly 40%. and you get people out of cars and onto public transit. It's time we bring that reality to every New Yorker across New York City.” (08:11–08:18)

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