tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50706548545299581962024-02-19T04:15:42.871-06:00Fare-Free Midwest/PlainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-945117115725793772020-04-15T04:36:00.001-05:002020-04-15T04:36:33.981-05:00"Chicago policymakers should make public transit free"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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But instead of listening to this kind of scaremongering about a <a href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2017/04/20/the-fops-new-spokesman-believes-in-a-vast-left-wing-media-conspiracy">nonexistent “war on police,”</a> or to those who argue for the sanctity of <a href="https://thenewinquiry.com/blue-life/">the illogical idea of “blue life,”</a> however, Chicago policymakers need to listen to <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2019/09/goodkids-madcity-chicago-gun-violence-prevention/">residents who are actually impacted by police and gun violence</a>. Chicago policymakers should make public transit free, and they should not flood that transit with heavily armed police, which is an expensive and inefficient attempt to solve the CTA’s problems that also threatens the lives of people of color and the poor. We should not repeat New York’s failed policy.</blockquote>
<a href="https://southsideweekly.com/op-ed-towards-free-carbon-free-police-free-cta/">https://southsideweekly.com/op-ed-towards-free-carbon-free-police-free-cta/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-25969272230299920032020-03-10T19:18:00.004-05:002020-03-10T19:18:59.425-05:00Dakota County, MN, #freepublictransit program extended and expanded<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dakota County is extending its free DakotaLink bus service for one year, while also opening it up to all residents.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-33643147244159329162020-02-25T23:06:00.000-06:002020-02-25T23:06:00.974-06:00Minnesota candidate calls for #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The freedom of movement is very important to an open and free society. Personal automobiles will always be less sustainable and accessible than public transit. Therefore, we must expand our system of public transportation statewide and make it free.</blockquote>
<a href="https://omarfateh.org/environment.html">https://omarfateh.org/environment.html</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-21954706245787688962020-02-11T03:22:00.005-06:002020-02-11T03:22:55.774-06:00Make #publictransit free for youth - @activetrans<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5 steps to building a more fair and just transit system🚍 <br><br>✅Decriminalize fare evasion<br>✅Implement fare capping<br>✅Move forward w/ Metra Electric/Rock island pilot<br>✅Make transit free for youth<br>✅Fund a discounted fare for low-income riders<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FairFaresChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FairFaresChi</a> <a href="https://t.co/XXLc5mM064">https://t.co/XXLc5mM064</a></p>— Active Trans (@activetrans) <a href="https://twitter.com/activetrans/status/1196923489120337921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-3288533808746467952020-01-25T06:17:00.001-06:002020-01-25T06:17:27.964-06:002010 - Rod Blagojevich railroaded by oil-auto-sprawl interests<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Both sides vowed to keep up the court fight after the jury found Blagojevich, 53, guilty on a lesser charge of making false statements to the FBI but could not reach a verdict on the remaining 23 counts including racketeering, bribery, and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.<br />The conviction carries a maximum prison term of five years, though the former governor is likely to serve a few months to a year in prison if nothing changes during the retrial of the case, a legal expert told ABC News.</blockquote>
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/WN/rod-blagojevich-trial-guilty-24-counts-jury-deadlocks/story?id=11411037">https://abcnews.go.com/WN/rod-blagojevich-trial-guilty-24-counts-jury-deadlocks/story?id=11411037</a><br />
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In spite of heavy spin by ABC corporate media [above] the fact remains that Blagojevich was cleared of 23 out of 24 counts by the grand jury. At that time the penalty was 5 years. Later, since they couldn't get the courts to jail him, oil-auto-sprawl had the case referred to the assembly where he was quickly given 14 years. All this for winning free public transit for seniors.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-62949413360285983872020-01-07T23:40:00.002-06:002020-01-07T23:40:18.754-06:00"free fares will increase ridership" -- Twin Cities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Free fares are important for several reasons — climate, equity, safety,” said Amity Foster, of the <a href="https://twitter.com/TCTRU" target="_blank">Twin Cities Transit Riders Union</a>, a local advocacy group. “They’re a way for us to address our climate crisis; moving people out of their cars and onto public transit is essential and free fares will increase ridership.”</blockquote>
<a href="http://m.startribune.com/after-kansas-city-made-transit-free-what-about-the-twin-cities/566721742/">http://m.startribune.com/after-kansas-city-made-transit-free-what-about-the-twin-cities/566721742/</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-40202342862540435422020-01-02T19:13:00.003-06:002020-01-02T19:13:29.811-06:00Candidate for Minnesota House calls for #freepublictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-51462068751874694772019-12-07T23:00:00.003-06:002019-12-07T23:00:47.126-06:00Twin Cities Transit Riders call for fare-free #publictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-48264008632682744462019-09-03T00:00:00.002-05:002019-09-03T00:00:53.735-05:00Kansas City considering fare-free #publictransit <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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..., Kansas City Area Transportation Authority buses are seldom packed. Even at rush hour, many are less than full, and some buses run almost completely empty in the middle of the day. But in downtown, thousands of residents and visitors each month gladly hop on and off the Kansas City Streetcar Authority’s Main Street streetcar line. Cost to ride the streetcar: zero. </blockquote>
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Put these facts together and it seems like it might be a good idea if public transit everywhere in Kansas City became free to use.</blockquote>
<a href="https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/kansas-city-considers-doing-away-with-transit-fares-citywide">https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/kansas-city-considers-doing-away-with-transit-fares-citywide</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-48363729777092161852019-06-29T01:52:00.003-05:002019-06-29T01:52:38.072-05:00Kansas City, MO, transit agency wants to end fares<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Free public transportation is a bold initiative, and the head of Kansas City's regional transit agency thinks it's viable for Kansas City.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.kcur.org/post/head-kansas-city-s-bus-system-says-public-transportation-should-be-free#stream/0">https://www.kcur.org/post/head-kansas-city-s-bus-system-says-public-transportation-should-be-free#stream/0</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-12013778133838316822018-10-11T21:47:00.002-05:002020-01-25T06:25:56.756-06:00Polls consistently show that Americans want more #publictransit and are willing to pay taxes to get it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Almost six in 10 Minnesota voters are willing to pay higher taxes or user fees to support more spending on transit</blockquote>
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<a href="https://finance-commerce.com/2018/10/minneapolis-chamber-poll-finds-support-for-transit-investment/">https://finance-commerce.com/2018/10/minneapolis-chamber-poll-finds-support-for-transit-investment/ </a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-32479710175872793222018-09-13T19:11:00.001-05:002018-09-13T19:11:10.485-05:00Indianapolis, better service means more riders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The city of Indianapolis is learning that beefed-up transit service quickly translates to more riders — with local transit agency IndyGo reporting this week that ridership was up 3.4 percent this August compared to the previous year.</blockquote>
<a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/09/12/indianapoliss-transit-investment-is-starting-to-pay-off/">streetsblog</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-15278314329313068132018-08-21T13:49:00.000-05:002018-08-21T13:49:24.552-05:00Chicago students should have #freetransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-cps-transit-student-free-rides-school-0821-20180820-story.html">chicagotribune </a> On Sept. 4, about 370,000 <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/education/schools/chicago-public-schools-ORGOV000081-topic.html">Chicago Public Schools</a> students will navigate our city streets, many using public transportation, to the first day of school. For these students, this is the only day of the year that their transportation fees will be free — unlike many students in other schools across the state whose transportation is provided for the entire school year.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-81518605232135401402018-06-29T21:34:00.001-05:002018-06-29T21:34:30.311-05:00Pro-growth argument for more #publictransit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-millennials-chicago-public-transportation-20180629-story.html">chicagotribune </a> Sadly, Illinois state government has — unlike other states like Indiana or Texas that are investing more — cut mass transit funding by hundreds of millions. Mass transit grows the private-sector economy in studies showing $4 in returns for each public $1 invested. Every workday, one-sixth of Illinois’ population, over 2 million riders, take mass transit to work, school, doctor visits or for leisure.<br />Nationally in the past two election cycles, nearly 70 percent of all mass transit referendums to expand or improve service passed. Where transit goes, the economy grows.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-72276177680417171632018-04-03T03:13:00.001-05:002018-04-03T03:13:09.176-05:00My BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY<a href="https://www.formyblock.org/">My BLOCK MY HOOD MY CITY</a>: "MBMHMC provides youth with new experiences, exposing them to possibilities beyond their own communities. Our mission is to help teenagers overcome the poverty and isolation they face, boosting educational attainment and opening them to opportunities that make a difference in their lives.<br />
"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-85649909868733715332018-04-03T03:07:00.001-05:002018-04-03T03:07:56.077-05:00Fare-free CTA would save Chicago $$$billions<a href="https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/free-cta-why-not/Content?oid=44499862">Should the CTA be free? Why not? | Transportation | Chicago Reader</a>: "But is it really such a crazy idea from an economic point of view? Transit helps people get to schools, jobs, and preventative health care, and if a higher percentage of current Chicago residents were well educated, employed, and healthy, that could save a lot of money for society. And coaxing more people out of cars and onto buses and el trains would mean less congestion, pollution, and crashes, which would lead to less lost productivity and property damage, lower bills for public health and first responder services, and less wear and tear on roads.<br />
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For example, a 2014 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that U.S. traffic crashes cost $871 billion a year in economic and societal costs. Since the city of Chicago represents about 1/120th of the nation’s population, our share of that loss could be roughly $7.3 billion."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-51971632478001034832018-02-21T01:25:00.000-06:002018-02-21T01:25:42.754-06:00Go to jail for bus fare?<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How many arrests for jumping turnstiles would the police be able to make if public transportation was free? Seems like an easy way to save the environment and provide a solution to cities like New York and their <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYPD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYPD</a> who might still be unsure what to do. <a href="https://t.co/C68YQov84U">https://t.co/C68YQov84U</a></p>— CNP Evanston (@CnpProtect318) <a href="https://twitter.com/CnpProtect318/status/966046952495427590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-27245305365191664602018-02-10T01:55:00.001-06:002018-02-10T01:55:37.351-06:00Rahm Emanuel's Commitment to Lowering Emissions Falls Short of Addressing Pollution Hotspots Across the City of Chicago.<a href="http://lvejo.org/rahm-emanuels-commitment-to-lowering-emissions-falls-short-of-addressing-pollution-in-legacy-hotspots-across-the-city-of-chicago/">LVEJO</a>: "LITTLE VILLAGE, CHICAGO, IL – Mayor Rahm Emanuel along with various municipal leaders from across the Country, Canada and Mexico are gathering to articulate commitments to the Paris Agreement. Although this is a great step in the right direction, environmental justice communities suffer first hand the consequences of climate change therefore should have a say in the direct demands and actions needed to make our communities healthy and safe. The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) along with community members and allies such as Moms Clean Air Force, Blacks in Green, Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke and others, will come together to give testimony on the hardships and health harms that have affected our communities due to the industrial legacy in our backyards. We hope to shine light and bring policies and regulation that are inclusive of environment and health to our industrial corridors which currently do not protect us."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-42930580866232307842018-01-12T00:09:00.001-06:002018-01-12T00:09:15.408-06:00Nebraska: Tri-City Roadrunner begins fixed route public transportation<a href="http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/tri-city-roadrunner-begins-fixed-route-public-transportation/article_c2fb183a-77c1-53a4-81e2-c87cd4068f6e.html">starherald.com</a>: "“A lot of them can’t afford a car, or maybe they can’t drive anymore,” he said. “This is going to be a big asset to them.”"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-8053064912345601352017-11-20T02:00:00.001-06:002017-11-20T02:00:27.631-06:00Polar ice melting, action? Reduce #publictransit ridership<a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-cta-fare-hike-20171116-story.html">Chicago Tribune</a>: "The rule of thumb in the transit industry is that a 10 percent hike can reduce ridership by about 3 percent, said Ian Savage, a Northwestern University economics professor who specializes in transit issues."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-43169328833128605172017-07-25T22:49:00.001-05:002017-07-25T22:49:32.053-05:00Tulsa Public Schools high school students can ride city buses for free 7 days a week as program expands<a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/tulsa-public-schools-high-school-students-can-ride-city-buses/article_ae4e82d7-8bff-5ba2-b011-5c5a95dec5a9.html">tulsaworld.com</a>: "Tulsa Public Schools high school students can ride Tulsa Transit buses free of charge seven days a week, starting Aug. 1.<br />
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TPS Rides, a year-old partnership between the school district and the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority, is being expanded from weekdays to include weekends, TPS announced Tuesday."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-41187533280172503362017-06-22T22:26:00.001-05:002017-06-22T22:26:20.119-05:00Counties provide what state won’t for transportation: leadership | NewsCut | Minnesota Public Radio News<a href="http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2017/06/counties-provide-what-state-wont-for-transportation-leadership/">Minnesota Public Radio News</a>: "But county boards are faced with a choice: Provide the leadership on transportation issues that state leaders are unable or unwilling to provide, or wait for someone to somehow change the reality that Minnesota state government does not work.<br />
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There’s no sign that’s going to happen, especially with the growing influence of outstate legislators to call the shots for metro residents."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-85551533650330231392017-06-11T22:50:00.001-05:002017-06-11T22:50:35.830-05:00Bloomington Transit offers free rides June 15<a href="http://www.idsnews.com/article/2017/06/bloomington-transit-offers-free-rides">Indiana Daily Student</a>: "Bloomington Transit will offer free rides on all fixed routes June 15 in honor of National Dump the Pump Day.<br />
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They will be joining other public transportation systems nationwide to participate in the 12th annual event, which is sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association.<br />
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The day encourages people to use public transportation instead of driving, to save money, support local transit systems and use less gas."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-9724488359512584952017-06-09T02:09:00.001-05:002017-06-09T02:09:48.463-05:00MN - Ramsey County likely to increase sales tax for public transportation<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.twincities.com/2017/06/06/ramsey-county-likely-to-increase-sales-tax-for-public-transportation/">twincities.com </a>: "The St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce submitted a letter supporting the additional quarter-cent sales tax for transit, noting that transit “has become essential for businesses to attract and retain employees.”"</blockquote>Whatever is spent on buses will come back many times in the reduction of auto and sprawl externalities.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5070654854529958196.post-71082856899746749872017-05-20T09:17:00.001-05:002017-05-20T09:17:55.252-05:00Use of #publictransit associated with lower obesity rates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.emaxhealth.com/11402/using-mass-transit-may-help-you-beat-obesity">EmaxHealth</a>: "King has said this research has suggested that along with benefits to the environment and more access to transportation for residents, investments at a community-level into public transit systems may also serve to benefit public health by decreasing rates of obesity. The study found that for each increase of 1 percent in a county’s population who frequently ride on public transit, obesity rates decreased by 0.2 percent.<br />
Jacobson has commented that there is an opportunity for more physical activity when public transit is used instead of driving a car. When you drive your own car the walking part of a trip is cut out. A walk to and from a bus station or train station offers the opportunity for extra physical activity.<br />
This study has been published in the journal Preventive Medicine. Researchers at the University of Illinois<br />
analyzed the impact of the use of public transit on obesity. The findings offer support for how effective encouragement of use of public transit can be used as a strategy to fight obesity. It's an interesting thought that deciding to use mass transit instead of your car may help you stay fit and trim."</div>
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