La ville de Libourne (Gironde) s’apprête à lancer samedi la gratuité totale de son réseau de bus pour ses habitants, rejoignant avec ce dispositif 12 autres villes françaises ayant fait le même choix, a indiqué la mairie dans un communiqué.
« Le réseau Libus était déjà gratuit pour les moins de 18 ans depuis le 1er janvier 2009; cette gratuité sera étendue à l’ensemble des Libournais samedi 28 août 2010″, selon ce communiqué.
« Grâce à ce dispositif, on pense passer dès la première année de 350.000 à au moins 400.000 voyages », explique Michel Lalanne-Dasque, directeur de la Société des transports libournais.
La gratuité des bus publics constituait, selon la mairie, « une des promesses phares de Gilbert Mitterrand (maire socialiste de Libourne depuis 1989, ndlr), lors des élections de 2008″.
Son coût sera pris en charge par le prélèvement transports auprès des entreprises de plus de neuf salariés, qui était auparavant consacré aux travaux de voirie.
Ville de 24.000 habitants, Libourne, sous-préfecture de la Gironde, rejoint 12 villes françaises, comme Compiègne (Oise), Châteauroux (Indre) et Aubagne (Bouches-du-Rhône), qui pratiquent la gratuité des bus publics.
Et parce qu’une bonne nouvelle n’arrive jamais seule, Libus se dote depuis le 1er juillet de nouvelles lignes et les bus ont adopté un nouveau look, aux couleurs du logo que les libournais ont élu! En outre, un tirage au sort est organisé pour tous ceux qui prendront leur carte gratuite Libus avec deux vélos à assistance électrique à gagner. AFP via CarfreeFrance
Monday, August 30, 2010
Libourne va être la 13ème ville à adopter les transports gratuits
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Riga City Council approves free public transportation for unemployed pensioners
The Riga City Council today decided that unemployed retirees as well as visually and hearing impaired persons and those who worked to contain the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster would be able to use Riga public transportation free of charge. baltic-course
Sunday, August 22, 2010
New wildfires break out in Russia - UPI.com
New wildfires break out in Russia - UPI.com: "MOSCOW, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- More than 200 wildfires engulfing nearly 16,000 acres burned across European Russia Sunday, officials say.
Firefighters have extinguished 122 blazes, but 86 new fires have broken out, RIA Novosti said Sunday.
A record-setting heat wave and a severe drought has enveloped much of the country since mid-June, making the countryside particularly susceptible to wildfires, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.
Twenty peat bog fires are among the areas still burning, officials said."
Firefighters have extinguished 122 blazes, but 86 new fires have broken out, RIA Novosti said Sunday.
A record-setting heat wave and a severe drought has enveloped much of the country since mid-June, making the countryside particularly susceptible to wildfires, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.
Twenty peat bog fires are among the areas still burning, officials said."
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Sweden - Permafrost melt releasing mercury
The study finds, "there is a very real potential that a substantial amount of mercury, and other organically bound and stored contaminants, might be released into arctic and sub-arctic surface waters from thawing permafrost."
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com
Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com: "VAUBAN, Germany — Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars."
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Russian Patriarch prays for rain as wildfires rage | Reuters
Russian Patriarch prays for rain as wildfires rage | Reuters: "(Reuters) - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill asked Russians to pray for rain on Sunday as wildfires raged across the European parts of the vast country, sweltering since June in an unprecedented heatwave.
The hottest weather since records began 130 years ago has withered crops and pushed thousands of farmers to the verge of bankruptcy."
The hottest weather since records began 130 years ago has withered crops and pushed thousands of farmers to the verge of bankruptcy."
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