The fare-free pilot program ended Saturday, almost a year after it started offering free trips on the Bronx Bx18A/B, Brooklyn B60, Manhattan M116, Queens Q4, and Staten Island S46/96 bus routes.

This summer, the MTA decided not to renew a pilot program, which started last September, that made one bus route in each borough free. The S46/96 route, which runs between South Avenue ...