Why free public transport?

99posto.org (Serbia) : "The brutal social, humanitarian, economic, environmental, energy and political crisis in which we are seriously threatening the survival of us all. While 1% of individuals teeming inappropriate rich at our expense, our very existence, 99% of Serbian citizens is called into serious danger. Rather than focus their attention on ensuring minimum living conditions for impoverished shameful part of the citizens, the focus of political and economic mafia that makes 1% of Serbia is now focused on getting rich through privatization and control of all for us, 99% of respondents, strategically important industries, vital public services necessary for the normal functioning of our society and government and electronic media necessary for objective information and the free exchange of information. One of the last of such attempts is to take control of our public transport by a private consortium APEX, poynatijeg as "Bus Plus." Rather than innovate and otherwise secure sources of financing collective public transport and thus provide mobility and social inclusion of the most vulnerable, employment help, encourage development of small and medium-sized enterprises, reduce our country's dependence on fossil fuels and foreign trade deficit, further reduce environmental pollution that are our public company wants to privatize. lied to that it is impossible to provide a completely free public transport for all citizens, that is, that it is impossible provide an additional 30% of the funds thus urban and suburban transport was 100% publicly funded .. Such examples are dozens around the world, in developed countries, but also in countries less developed than ours, to cities like Belgrade, but also in many smaller communities."