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2025 marks five years since COVID pandemic prompted no-charge for SunTran services.

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The transit system hopes the info will give a sense of social distancing on its buses and streetcars.

Free rides and events will be held all day July 27 along the streetcar route.

Some fares are increasing, others are dropping.

Annual event draws an estimated 150,000 people to downtown Tucson.

American Planners Association points to revitalization, multi-modal renovations.

Festivities include free rides and an onboard concert.

Event draws nearly 300,000 people to the shopping district twice each year.

The event commemorates the capture of the notorious bank robber in Tucson.

The semi-annual event brings visitors, money and traffic to central Tucson.

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