The DC Circulator doesn’t traverse the city’s northernmost neighborhoods, but the biggest champion of free fares—at least on the D.C. Council—is nonetheless Ward 4’s Brandon Todd.

He introduced legislation earlier this month to eliminate fares, following a months-long quarrel between Mayor Muriel Bowser and lawmakers over the issue. The mayor made the Circulator free in February, before extending the offer and then eventually declaring it permanently free during her annual State of the District address.

But a number of councilmembers pushed back on the decision, arguing that it merited a more significant discussion, and pulled the funding. Todd tried to restore $3.1 million to the budget for the program, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

The bill he introduced earlier this month would permanently eliminate all fares for the DC Circulator. It also calls on the District Department of Transportation to prioritize the expansion of the Circulator and requires that new routes expand service to all eight wards. The six lines currently run through downtown D.C., Georgetown, the National Mall, Adams Morgan, the Southwest Waterfront, and Congress Heights.

“It would increase ridership and reduce traffic congestion, address climate change by reducing the number of cars on the road, move us towards our VisionZero goals, and ease the financial strain that transportation can impose on low-income households,” Todd, who is currently on a trip to Israel with Bowser, said in an emailed statement. “Eliminating fares and expanding the Circulator to all eight wards would provide Ward 4 and the entire District with economic, environmental, and social benefits, and is the right thing to do.”

The bill has been referred to the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, which is chaired by Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh, who had been one of the most stalwart opponents of Bowser’s plan.

But the mayor is still lobbying to eliminate fares. In a press release on Monday, she noted that there were only 99 days left until free rides would end and urged the council to take up Todd’s bill. “It’s true: for some, the $1 fare is nominal; for many others, though—especially for our most vulnerable neighbors—it is prohibitive. The benefits of free public transportation are many,” Bowser said in a statement. “The Council should seize this opportunity to set a new bar for public transportation—both here in D.C. and in cities across the nation.”

If nothing else, though, we’ll always have the song.

This story has been updated with comment from Councilmember Brandon Todd.