Saturday, April 16, 2011

Le bus à Vitré, c'est gratuit


Vitré, sa démographie, ses commerces et ses chiffres clés: "Le bus à Vitré, c'est gratuit
Le réseau de transport urbain comporte six lignes qui traversent toutes le centre-ville (arrêts à la gare)."

Who else has it? click http://freepublictransports.com/Cities or http://fptsuccess.blogspot.com/

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Five percent fare cut to save 22 million car journeys

Railway Gazette: Train fares cut to save energy: "SPAIN: Under a national energy-saving plan approved by the cabinet last month, fares on RENFE suburban and medium-distance services are to be cut by 5% to encourage greater use of public transport.

The Ministry of Development expects this to result in 22 million fewer car journeys into major cities over four months."

Thursday, April 7, 2011

UK public transport asset stripped to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and the profit that comes from a fixed market. Tearing up the Tracks.


UK public transport asset stripped to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and the profit that comes from a fixed market. Tearing up the Tracks.: "My thesis is that it is no accident that cars have taken over from public transport on both sides of the Atlantic.  There are powerul interests that want to destroy essential shared resources and massively increase our consumption of, and reliance on, oil. The social, financial and environmental costs of public transport infrastructure are tiny if compared to the total costs of maintaining a massive car stock and road infrastructure. So why is the car so prevalent. Social Engineering in my view. Read on for the evidence."