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@bluemoon Fare-free transit can decrease court workloads in other ways–just by getting people out of cars. I can’t speak to NYC, but according to Stateline, over 50% of state and local court cases are traffic cases. https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/data-visualizations/2025/03/how-many-cases-and-what-kind-do-state-and-local-courts-handle