Tuesday, July 12, 2011

City offers lifetime tram passes in exchange for citizens’ cars | Springwise

City offers lifetime tram passes in exchange for citizens’ cars | Springwise: "There are many approaches cities can take to reduce the number of cars on their roads. We’ve seen numerous bike-sharing schemes, for example, as well as similar efforts to share electric cars, but until just recently we had never come across anything quite as dramatic as what Spain’s city of Murcia recently proposed. The government of Murcia has offered to give citizens lifetime passes to its brand-new tram system in exchange for turning over their cars."