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COPTA approves six-month fare-free pilot for OKC Streetcar beginning Jan. 5, 2026
Summary
The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority approved a six-month fare-free pilot for the OKC Streetcar starting Jan. 5 and running through July 5, 2026, to measure ridership, sponsorship and revenue trade-offs; the board will monitor results and data collection during the pilot.
The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority voted to approve a six-month fare-free pilot for the OKC Streetcar that will run Jan. 5 through July 5, 2026, to test whether eliminating fares increases ridership and to collect data on ridership patterns and potential revenue offsets.
Staff presentation described the proposal and cited comparable systems — Kansas City, Cincinnati and Milwaukee — that operate fare-free services; the presenter said the pilot would let Embark “watch … if it increases our ridership and go from there.” The motion to adopt…
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