Lawmakers in Kansas City, Missouri took a "visionary step" on Thursday by unanimously voting to make public transportation in the city free of charge, setting the stage for it to be the first major U.S. city to have free public transit.https://www.salon.com/2019/12/07/kansas-city-missouri-approves-free-public-transit-for-all_partner/
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Major US City chooses free public transportation
Monday, October 7, 2019
UK Green Party wants to scrap plans for new roads, use cash for free bus travel for all
The [UK] Green party wants to scrap the Conservatives’ £6.5bn plans for new roads and will instead use the cash to fund free bus travel for all.https://farefreenz.blogspot.com/2019/10/uk-green-party-wants-to-scrap-plans-for.html
Sunday, September 22, 2019
如果日本無法獲得燃料，台灣可以嗎？
Saudi #Aramco has notified #Japan's top oil distributor about a potential change in shipments, stoking concerns about the kingdom's ability to supply crude following attacks on its major refineries a week ago, Nikkei learned Saturday #OOTT https://t.co/2RgRdr09Mz
— Alexandra Allio De Corato (@Allio_De_Corato) September 21, 2019
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
浪費錢
美国国防部星期一说，美国国务院已批准可能向台湾出售M1A2T艾布拉姆斯主战坦克、毒刺式导弹及相关设备的方案。这笔军售案估计价值为22亿美元。https://www.voachinese.com/a/us-taiwan-arms-tanks-20190709/4992231.html
22億美元可以為台灣做些什麼？
比挑起戰爭更好的事情要做.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
A list of advantages of making urban buses fare-free
A list of advantages:
• Dramatic reduction, or end, of traffic congestion.
• Substantial reduction in traffic related pollution levels and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Substantial reduction in road accidents, deaths and injuries.
• Huge reduction in health costs related to traffic congestion and pollution: respiratory conditions, hospital admissions due to road accidents, stress related illnesses etc
• Cut noise pollution
· Reduction in polluted run-off water from roads into waterways & harbours
• Reduction in ‘road rage’ incidents
• Big reduction in fuel usage, waste and costs
• Reduction in insurance claims and costs.
• The finances and mobility of low-income people will be greatly improved, giving greater access to jobs, health facilities etc by removing cost constraints and coupled with better services.
· Enhanced accessibility and increased frequency of services will benefit disabled citizens.
• Reduce the number of school children currently being dropped off and picked up at school gates by car.
• Greatly reduced costs in road maintenance due to less wear and tear.
• Businesses able to cut their fleets of cars and thereby substantially reduce costs.
• Inner city building owners & developers will not need to assign so much valuable space to car parking
• Taxi services may be required less - surplus taxi drivers can be offered jobs as bus and tram operators or rail or ferry staff.
• A big reduction in the massive amount of time and productivity potential lost stuck in traffic each day. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/gridlocked-aucklanders-spend-20-extra-working-days-year-stuck-in-traffic-study
• Increased health and fitness with encouragement and confidence due to safer walking & cycling opportunities.
• End assaults on bus drivers who will no longer carry cash boxes.
• Faster boarding times and an end to constant delays as passengers one-by-one fumble for change or cards or ID, ask directions and receive tickets etc.
· End the constant diversion and stress for drivers over ticket sales and monitoring ‘fare dodging’.
• Emergency vehicles will be able to get through without traffic congestion problems.
• The increased number of buses & trains will be available to be quickly seconded to rapidly evacuate large numbers of the population in event of an major earthquake or other civil emergency and reduce the likelihood of impassable chaos experienced in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina and Rita floods, where all interstate highways were clogged in total gridlock for 24 hours, resulting in almost as many deaths as the hurricanes inflicted.
• Abolish expensive ticketing and fare handling systems – fares only comprise a modest percentage of current income for public transport but impose an enormous (unnecessary) cost.
• End all problems of ‘fare dodging’ and ‘over-riding’ and disputes over fares. No need for teams of ticket inspectors & punitive measures.
· Bus & tram operators can focus on safe driving without being concerned with fare collecting and protecting a cash box.
• Public ownership & control will reinforce PT as a vital civic service focused solely on the mobility needs of the public.
• As the city becomes far more user-friendly, socially interactive, mobile and genuinely ‘liveable’ – rates are likely to fall.
• The new innovative free transit system is likely to become a major tourist draw-card – think of Melbourne and its popular trams. Tallinn promotes it’s green ‘fare-free capital of Europe’ as a unique and successful tourist attraction.
• Auckland could become a world-leading ‘clean-green liveable city’ renowned for transforming chronic traffic chaos into sensible urban mobility.
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