Friday, March 22, 2019

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Govt supposedly represents the people, and the people want fare-free #publictransit

UTA and partners offered free-fare days Feb. 28 and March 1, a Thursday and Friday. Interim Executive Director Steve Meyer told the UTA board Wednesday that free rides attracted an extra 20,000 passengers the first day and 29,000 on the second.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/03/20/free-fare-experiment/ 

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Free public transport is key to #degrowth

...We need free public transport, new diets, denser modes of living, affordable housing close to where the jobs are, food grown closer to where it is consumed, reduction of working time and commuting, low-energy ways of living and finding satisfaction, curbs on excessive incomes and on ostentatious consumption....
https://truthout.org/articles/a-green-new-deal-must-not-be-tied-to-economic-growth/

Saturday, March 9, 2019

[The car] "it spoils everything it touches"

What's wrong with cars? This writer has a long list:
Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment, recognise that this 19th-century technology is now doing more harm than good, and plan our way out of it. Let’s set a target to cut the use of cars by 90% over the next decade.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out