Plataforma #StopPujadesTransport

Plataforma #StopPujadesTransport: "Esteu convidades a la primera Taula Popular del Transport Públic. Dijous 29 a les 19h a la seu de la FAVB.

-Reivindiquem la rebaixa de tarifes de transport públic.
-Exigim la destitució del Consell d'Administració de l'Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, amb el Conseller Santi Vila al capdavant."

Paris plan incorporates more fare-free public transport to fight pollution

Paris: New plan to avoid repeat of pollution crisis - The Local: " on the second day of levels above 50 microgrammes the city’s municipal bicycle and car rental schemes should be made free for the duration, the report urges."

Loneliness a serious health problem. UK solution? Take away free public transport for OAP's

Tea and Empathy - A Simple and Effective Way to Alleviate the Loneliness of More Than a Million Older People | Trevor Lyttleton: "According to Age UK's latest poll hot from the press, 40% of elderly people rely on their TV or pet for company, 12.5% of older people feel cut off from society and, for the first time, more than a million say they are usually lonely."

Russia: Khanty take action to stop road construction through sacred site

intercontinentalcry.org : "On April 28, Representatives of the Khanty community of Nizhnevartovsk district blocked operations of the “Varyoganneft” oil company which is building a road through a sacred lichen grove to an oil deposit on the Khanty’s ancestral lands.

Local residents erected a Chum (a Siberian nomad tent) to block passage of the company’s equipment and are not planning to remove it until the oil workers leave."

Zory, Poland, Free Public Transport is unconditional

City Hall Zory: "Lines of the Free Public Transport ie, those numbered 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 07 are free for all people ie both residents Zory and people outside of our city. Free bus ride for these lines is not conditional upon the legitimacy or other document issued by the City of Zory. It is the only solution in Poland."

UK rail privatization a wasteful scam

Miliband eyes state control of railways - FT.com: "In their letter, the candidates said: “Train companies walk away with hundreds of millions of pounds every year, despite running monopoly services and benefiting from £4bn of public investment in the rail network every year.”"

Bicycle critical mass in Belgrade

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