User:Gradvis/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Free public transport

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Fare-free transit can have numerous operational, environmental, and community benefits. My preliminary impression is that it seems pretty informative and objective, although it seems to be lacking in verification and citations.

Evaluate the article
The lead does have a clear introductory sentence, although the section feels a bit detailed.

The content does seem relevant. The section on "Drawbacks" cites a report from 2002about the United States, which might not be the most relevant.

The article does feel neutral. It gives examples of fare-free transit and in different countries as well so it is not entirely biased towards the United States. The "Benefits" and "Drawbacks" are both included.

I don't think all facts are backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. The section on "Local services" does not cite any sources. The section on "Drawbacks" focuses on a report from 2002 about the United States which is not a worldwide view.

The article is not the most organized in my opinion, although the actual text feels easy to read.

There are not many images and they are not necessarily the most visually appealing, although I understand why it is difficult to show this through images. Maybe ridership graphs could be interesting to use as images.

On the Talk page, there are conversations about the organization of the article, whether the name of the article should be changed (it was), and cities/regions to include or not include as examples in the article. The article is rated "Start-class, Mid-importance." It is part of WikiProjects on Buses, Environment, Streetcars, Trains / Rapid transit, and Transport.

The article does seem underdeveloped and not extremely well organized. The strengths are that it does try to discuss the topic using global examples and it is updated to include the COVID-19 pandemic. I think it could be improved by using more citations and maybe more recognizable examples.