Vienna Greens want free public transport for unemployed

Vienna public transport price reform ahead - Politics News - Austrian Independent Online News - English Newspaper: "Before the Greens agreed on a coalition cooperation with the Viennese Social Democrats after last year’s election, the left-wing party called for free public transport tickets for unemployed residents of the city.
...Häupl ruled out that the price for an annual public transport pass will be slashed to 100 Euros for everybody. The Greens – who are headed by Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou – demanded such drastic price reductions "

May Day 2011 Turkey

Le bus à Vitré, c'est gratuit

Vitré, sa démographie, ses commerces et ses chiffres clés: "Le bus à Vitré, c'est gratuit
Le réseau de transport urbain comporte six lignes qui traversent toutes le centre-ville (arrêts à la gare)."

Who else has it? click http://freepublictransports.com/Cities or http://fptsuccess.blogspot.com/

Five percent fare cut to save 22 million car journeys

Railway Gazette: Train fares cut to save energy: "SPAIN: Under a national energy-saving plan approved by the cabinet last month, fares on RENFE suburban and medium-distance services are to be cut by 5% to encourage greater use of public transport.

The Ministry of Development expects this to result in 22 million fewer car journeys into major cities over four months."

UK public transport asset stripped to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and the profit that comes from a fixed market. Tearing up the Tracks.

UK public transport asset stripped to make way for death, pollution, stress..... and the profit that comes from a fixed market. Tearing up the Tracks.: "My thesis is that it is no accident that cars have taken over from public transport on both sides of the Atlantic.  There are powerul interests that want to destroy essential shared resources and massively increase our consumption of, and reliance on, oil. The social, financial and environmental costs of public transport infrastructure are tiny if compared to the total costs of maintaining a massive car stock and road infrastructure. So why is the car so prevalent. Social Engineering in my view. Read on for the evidence."

Free Public Transport proposed for Germany in 1973!

trasporto pubblico gratuito per i nuclei familiari che rinunciano al mezzo privato - Forum

trasporto pubblico gratuito per i nuclei familiari che rinunciano al mezzo privato - Forum: "Buonasera a tutti come da titolo perchè non dare la possibilità di viaggiare gratuitamente su tutto il territorio nazionale con autobus treni metropolitane e affini alle persone che rinunciano o hanno rinunciato ad avere un automobile? Sarebbe un buon incentivo ad abbandonare l'auto e se accompagnato da un efficace potenziamento della rete di trasporto pubblico a partire dal piccolo comune fino al grande tessuto urbano potrebbe portare benefici notevoli sia in termini economici per le famiglie sia per ridurre drasticamente il livello di inquinamento."