Hungary town gets one month free public transport

Free ride | The Budapest Times: "Residents of the town of Dunakeszi, on the Danube just north of the capital, can enjoy free public transport from this month because the council has agreed to pay local bus operator Komo-Sky for its services."

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Benefits of free public transport are immediate in Tallinn

Tallinn Plans More Bus Lanes as Free Transport Takes Effect | News | ERR: "According to Aas, there has been a noticeable decline in traffic intensity in the first nine days since Tallinn adopted free public transport for its residents on January 1. He said that in the first week there was a 15 percent drop in traffic intensity compared with the months of November and December. Also, he said, there was a 6 percent rise in use of public transportation."

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People move to Tallinn for free public transport, undeterred by tax increase

Tallinn increases population to 419,830 people in 2012 :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics: "The increase in the population number was faster in the last months of the year, by 366 in October, 475 in November and 1,248 in December."

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Macedonia: free public transport for seniors

MINA Breaking News: "Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski met Sunday with pensioners living in a retirement home in Gjorce Petrov and gave them a plasma display TV on the occasion of New Year's and Christmas holidays.

The pensioners voiced their gratitude for the measures taken by the government in an effort to improve their living standards, such as the announced pension hike in 2013, free public transportation and free spa treatment."

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Race for green energy damaging our marine ecosystem | Herald Scotland

Race for green energy damaging our marine ecosystem | Herald Scotland: "Some 93% of the earth's CO2 is stored and cycled through the oceans and Scotland's blue carbon sinks play a vital role in this process. Keeping them in good shape is one of the most important things we can do to keep climate change under control. Tearing up our blue carbon sinks to build useless and costly renewable energy machines is counter-productive and will lead to the release of millions of tonnes of stored CO2 into the atmosphere."

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Austerity does not address Europe's oil problem

EU must drastically reduce its oil imports | Energy Bulletin: "It is time for the EU’s finance ministers to begin to discuss oil and Peak Oil. Austerity measures that reduce a nation’s government spending have only a marginal influence on its oil import needs. The fact is that the EU must drastically reduce its oil imports. Politically, the EU’s governments currently want to do this to protect the environment from climate change but the reality is that reducing oil consumption and oil imports is vital to the EU’s future economic success."

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Гражданска Инициатива за безплатен градски транспорт

Гражданска Инициатива за безплатен градски транспорт: "ЗЗдравейте тази група, ще е инициатор за създаване на по-широка организация бореща се за свободен или безплатен градски транспорт(Г. Т.) в София. Основната фунция на Г .Т. е да бъде достъпен за всички нуждаещи се. Сегашната система за таксуване на гражданите ограничава този достъп, докато приходите от продажба на карти и билети са незначителни на фона на субсидиите и компенсациите, които Центърът за градска мобилност ( ЦГМ) получава.
Нашата алтернатива е свободен (безплатен) градски транспорт, финансиран изцяло от гражданите - данъкоплатци, достъпен за всички граждани и гости на София - без ограничения!Който желае да се включи активно в групата и подкрепя целите и нека ни пише."

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