"Make all public transit free"

Portland has potential in leading the country by making all public transit free. @trimet, it’s time.#ChooseAFighter ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 pic.twitter.com/6Y2d00JlzW

— Albert Lee For Congress 🌹 (@AlbertLee2020) September 21, 2019

#upwithriders

https://www.opalpdx.org/2019/08/riders-envision-upwithriders-at-july-bru-meeting/

Oil trolls in Seattle trying to make riding #publictransit uncomfortable, scaring students.

Just abolish fare.

Instead of encouraging use of a safe & sustainable mode (transit), we've set up an elaborate, complex payment system that results in routine harassment of many riders and punishment of those who can't pay or make a mistake. https://t.co/ECYQWcsuYp

— Laura Goodfellow 🚌🏃🏼‍♀️ (@transitrunner) September 4, 2019

Letters: Use tolls to make public transportation free

Portland screams about traffic, environmental impact and gentrification, however the chosen methods to mitigate these negative outcomes seem to maintain the status quo (inequality) rather than introducing something progressive like free public transport. 

I own a car and pay relatively high rent. I cannot afford to buy public transportation tickets, too, so I do not ride public transportation. If it was free, I'd be using it.

https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/10-opinion/436312-347353-letters-use-tolls-to-make-public-transportation-free