Should public transports be free? | Sustainability blog — blogs.sweden.se

Stockholm underground trains between Slussen and Gamla Stan. Photo: Jan E Svensson/KanalSL (CC: BY-NC)
Should public transports be free? | Sustainability blog — blogs.sweden.se: "The network Planka, propagating for free public transports, even argues that all those who make less then 40 000 kronor per month (about 4500 Euro) would benefit by letting a tax raise finance the public transportation entirely."

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Filmer och bilder från massiv plankning | Planka.nu

Filmer och bilder från massiv plankning | Planka.nu: "Fredagens massiva plankning – arrangerad av två privatpersoner – blev den största massplankningen i Stockholm hittills. Vi skulle gissa på att det var 600 personer som gemensamt plankade igenom de öppna spärrarna. Här har vi samlat lite filmer och bilder från tilldragelsen."

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Massiv plankning i protest mot SL:s höjda biljettpriser / Planka.nu

Massiv plankning i protest mot SL:s höjda biljettpriser / Planka.nu: "SL:s biljettpriser har höjts - men inte länge till!
Många medborgare i STHLM är upprörda över SL:s höjda priser, precis som vi!

Därför vill vi fylla Sergels torg till bredden för att tillsammans tåga in mot T-Centralen och göra en massiv gemensam ”plankning”. Vi vill göra ett påstående där vi visar att, du och jag, VI som bor i denna stad har tröttnat på tomma löften om förbättrad kollektivtrafik!

Ja - det kommer att bli vinter igen!
Nej - spärrvakter är inte alltid änglar.
Ja - du kommer att behöva vänta på nästa tåg i 40 minuter, i vinterkylan, på grund av snö.
Behöver jag berätta om den ekonomiska situationen för många studenter, pensionärer och många fler? 
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Enschede, Netherlands, over 69, ride free.

This special transport service is being introduced as a result of agreements between the Municipality of Enschede and the Dutch transportation operator Connexxion. The service allows residents aged 70 and older to use the city's bus system to visit friends and relatives, do errands and take advantage of community facilities by supplying each participant with a free bus pass.

Russia may lose 30% of permafrost by 2050 - Yahoo!

Russia may lose 30% of permafrost by 2050 - Yahoo!: "Russia's vast permafrost areas may shrink by a third by the middle of the century due to global warming, endangering infrastructure in the Arctic zone, an emergencies ministry official said Friday.
'In the next 25 to 30 years, the area of permafrost in Russia may shrink by 10-18 percent,' the head of the ministry's disaster monitoring department Andrei Bolov told the RIA Novosti news agency."

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."

Freiburg: The world's ecological model city - The Times of India

Freiburg: The world's ecological model city - The Times of India: "Since then Freiburg in southern Germany has become the world's ecological model city, which even provides free public transport tickets to all the tourists in the city to encourage them to use public transport."