Oman Observer: "SAO PAULO — The Free Pass Movement (MPL) that sparked Brazil's nationwide street protests urged President Dilma Rousseff to boost investments in public transport and grant free transport for all. In an open letter to Rousseff posted on its website, the MPL's Sao Paulo branch said the movement accepted the president's invitation to join talks in Brasilia later Monday to improve shoddy public services and fight corruption.
"Transport should be treated as a social right... We are campaigning for a free pass (free transport) for all," the group said. While all state governors in the country have pledged to give priority to collective transport, "in reality Brazil invests 11 times more in individual transport, through road works and credit policies aimed at encouring car purchases, " MPL said. "Public money should (instead) be invested in public transport"."
