![]() ![]() Off-peak service typically costs less for agencies to provide, and there’s a positive feedback loop here, with more service leading to more fare revenue. Just as a free early morning train might attract rush-hour riders, it might also attract rush-hour drivers, making roads less crowded, too. The city recently extended the program, which was supposed to end in June 2014, for another year.īetter passenger distribution-aka a comfier rush-hour ride-is but one of many reasons to set off-peak fares below peak rates. Even more might have taken advantage of the free fares if they could have: about two-thirds of non-participants said they didn’t have flexible work schedules that permitted early arrivals. ![]() About 7% of riders shifted out of the peak commute, according to officials, with the peak/off peak ratio falling closer to 2 to 1. The program seems to have worked just as planned. ![]()
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