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Albuquerque

Should public transit be a free service? One city just said yes.

by Savannah Peters
Nov 9, 2023
Albuquerque, New Mexico, makes its free-bus-fare experiment permanent. In many cities, though, riders value quality of service over cost.
Investments in the quality of transit are more likely to boost ridership than low-cost or free fares, says Sarah Kaufman of NYU.
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'Breaking Bad' and Albuquerque: One year later

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 29, 2014
Heisenberg may be off the air, but he's still part of Albuquerque's economic plan.
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Alternative Indicator: The G(raffiti)DP

by Stan Alcorn
Jul 20, 2011
The numbers are bad: Unemployment is at 9.2% after rising for three straight months. Goldman Sachs cut its GDP growth forecast from 2% down to 1....
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