[sustran] Free public transport for all

[Sujit Patwardhan]

Interesting forwarded link.
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Sujit




http://links.org.au/node/475
Scottish Socialist Party: Free public transport for all: travel doesn't have
to cost the Earth



The Scottish Socialist Party <http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/>'s
campaign for free public transport is an ``audacious, eye-catching idea''
according to Douglas Fraser, political editor of *The Herald* newspaper.

In the Belgian city of Hasselt, which covers an area double the size of
Dundee, congestion was eliminated in the late 1980s after the introduction
of a totally free public transport system.

Free public transport would be the biggest single pro-environment policy
enacted by any national government anywhere on the planet, dramatically
slashing car use and CO2 emissions.

Free fares would represent a major shift of wealth in favour of the many
thousands of people who currently pay sky-high fares to subsidise the
transport companies.

Boosting public transport through free travel is a concrete means of
tackling global warming.

For more information visit
http://www.freepublictransport.org.<http://www.freepublictransport.org/>


अभिजित Abhijit K
Lokayat, Pune.
Phone: +91 9422308125


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