Improve business through free public transportation

Improve business through free public transportation: "Burbank used to have a system that the Burbank Blue Bus would take people from the North Hollywood stations to various points in Burbank. It was convenient, economically efficient, and ecological efficient. This was a free route that was a huge incentive in attracting employees to Burbank companies and new companies to Burbank. Providing free public transportation (or at least strategic routes with no cost) is something no other city in the area does and is a huge plus for companies and employees."

UC employees demand free public transit

Cheaper parking and free public transit for UC Berkeley employees are the two chief demands in a petition being circulated by a coalition of employee unions.

Daily Californian

Understanding the Crucial Connection Between Water and Energy – Water Matters - State of the Planet

Understanding the Crucial Connection Between Water and Energy – Water Matters - State of the Planet: "However, the amount of energy that goes to water use varies considerably from region to region. In California, for example, moving, cleaning and heating water around accounts for a 19 percent of the state’s electricity consumption and 30 percent of its natural gas. Southern California in particular pumps substantial amounts of water from great distances to meet local water demand."

Vincent Kartheiser is mad about mass transit | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Vincent Kartheiser is mad about mass transit | MNN - Mother Nature Network: "Vincent Kartheiser is the exception. One of the stars of AMC's smash hit television drama 'Mad Men', the 31-year-old loves the public transportation system in Los Angeles, eschewing a fancy car for a more engaging and in his eyes, simple route to work.
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“The buses stay on the streets they are on,” he tells The NY Times. “If you get on the 4, it’s going to stay on Santa Monica until it becomes Sunset. I don’t even know the names of most of the buses. Like the Fairfax bus — it’s just the Fairfax bus.”
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Kartheiser is also quick to point out that getting around via PT is better for his nerves, giving him opportunities to read, do crossword puzzles, and go over lines. It's also a more social experience."

Pau, France - public money spent on one car race would pay for a year of free public transport

Le NPA-Béarn s’insurge contre cette dilapidation d’argent public au profit d’une politique vroum-vroum polluante et dépassée. Il « dénonce le vote de la quasi-totalité des élus PS et PCF en faveur de la reconduction du GP automobile de Pau dont le coût pour les Palois dépasse largement celui de l’instauration de la gratuité des transports en commun que nous revendiquons. »

Car la question est bien là: 1,7 millions d’euros, cela représente la possibilité de faire passer l’ensemble du réseau de transports en commun de la ville de Pau à la gratuité totale!

En outre, le Grand Prix automobile de Pau, c’est :

- près de 2 millions d’euros partis en fumée chaque année, soit davantage que le coût de la gratuité des transports en commun à Pau,
- des employés municipaux mobilisés pendant plusieurs mois,
- des nuisances pour les riverains et pour une majorité de palois,
- une vitrine publicitaire pour les grands groupes pétroliers et automobiles,
- des tonnes de pétrole gaspillées pour rien.

Et le plus navrant dans l’histoire, c’est que les mêmes qui prétendent que la « gratuité des transports publics, c’est pas possible, c’est trop cher, etc. » financent ensuite des courses de bagnoles avec notre argent!

Alors, avec presque 2 millions d’euros, Grand Prix de Pau ou Bus Gratuit?

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Car-free San Francisco would be nice

The streets of San Francisco will have fewer cars if the city\'s transportation agency has its way.

Photo: Victoria Amato

San Francisco transportation agency wants to put brakes on automobiles | Grist: "The City of San Francisco is steering toward a future with fewer cars.

In a meeting earlier this week, the board of city's Municipal Transportation Agency supported a plan in which the role of the personal motor vehicle would be radically reduced. From the San Francisco Chronicle:"

Human selfishness and the wages of sprawl

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