What's the longest distance that can be traveled by using free transportation?

Doesn&#x27;t quite count as free, but when Megabus was getting started a ±decade ago, they used to have $1 tickets available if you booked them far enough in advance. I have some nice college memories of getting from Pittsburgh to NYC to Boston (about 600 miles&#x2F;950km each way) and back for ±$5 total.<p>Not sure if they still have similar deals, but I imagine there is some sort of new transportation startup offering cheap&#x2F;subsidized bus&#x2F;car rides.

Only free transportation I have come across in the Midwest is Free shuttle to nearby casinos. Now I hope they also have a shuttle or two to the next city center but I have my doubts that I can reach Atlantic City from here. I should try that next spring.

International crime could get you extradited for &#x27;free&#x27;?

I dunno about free transportation but I&#x27;ve been thinking of creating a 1 day Moscow sightseeing tour route that requires only a ticket for 1 subway ride. Since it&#x27;s possible to transfer from subway to some suburban trains&#x2F;monorail with a whopping 90-minute interval transfer allowance, this allows you to get a lot of mileage of just one trip. Some potential transfer points include<p>- VDNKh<p>- Luzhniki Olympic Complex<p>- Moskva-City<p>- Belorusskiy Rail terminal (with a lunch at Depo Food Mall)<p>- Tsaritsyno Palace<p>You can spend all day on just one ticket...

I think the more interesting question would be which public transportation routes greater than X miles (or kilometers) in length have the highest distance to price ratio.

I’m surprised no one went straight here. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Free_public_transport#List_of_towns_and_cities_with_area-wide_zero-fare_transport" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Free_public_transport#List_of_...</a>

Does the longest running ferry in the world count. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kootenay_Lake_Ferry" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kootenay_Lake_Ferry</a>

Get into a kayak. Don&#x27;t paddle as to abide by the rules. You can go as far as the river takes you.

Does hitchhiking count? I&#x27;ve hosted couch surfers who have hitchhiked thousands of miles. One couple came to San Francisco all the way from Ecuador.

Infinite distance if you can find a loop..

Sailboating could be cheap if you can borrow the boat.

Downhill?

How far can you two feet walk?

Is hitchhiking “free transportation”? What about walking?

I rode a bicycle from SF to NYC (about 2500 miles, ~150 miles per day), and that was &quot;free&quot; in the sense that I didn&#x27;t have to pay anyone to do it. I&#x27;m also assuming you don&#x27;t count the cost of food.<p>You could probably walk, too, if you wanted. It&#x27;s pretty amazing what can be accomplished with nothing but human power and some determination.