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The home of the , Chapeo Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claima first-placed City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiew with populations of fewerthan 100,000. S.C., won for cities with populations of morethan 100,000. The contesty was judged on three mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impactf on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayorx honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longer charger fares to any rider on its bus the organization said in apressz release. While many bus systems in collegetownsd don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provide free serviced to all riders.
The town implementedx the fare-free system to encourage people to take the bus and leav e their carsat home. The plan worked. Ridershipl on Chapel Hill transit has more than doubled since farews wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projecter 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Publid Transit system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release. “This bus system makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placepeople love; for us it is an investmenr and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “communityt event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will release detaila soon.