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Home » Blogs » jojo's blog

LA Newspaper comes out in favor of fare-free buses

Submitted by jojo on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 01:19

The Editors of the Daily Bruin, the UCLA student newspaper wrote this editorial supporting fare-free buses for Los Angeles:
http://dailybruin.com/news/2007/apr/30/editorial_farefree_transit_feasib...

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