Monday, March 9, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
The fight for eco justice means fighting #racism
@PDX_NAACP Summit for Climate Justice in Black & Brown Communities moderated by @JoAnnPDX
— Sarah Iannarone (she/her) (@sarahforpdx) February 20, 2020
Uplifting conversation about centering voices from the margins, building power through organizing, sources of hope, and a just transition 💕✊🌎 #GreenNewDeal #FarelessTransit #UpWithRiders pic.twitter.com/4r48pvZAfI
Thursday, February 6, 2020
For many, cars are a burden
Too many are stuck with car ownership w/up to a third or more of income going to total cost of ownership. People don't want car ownership; they want reliable transit. Corps profit on car enslavement. #FreePublicTransit #GND #StrugglingClass Photo by Anthony from Pexels pic.twitter.com/qOc1Od5mez
— Albert Lee For Congress 🌹 (@AlbertLee2020) February 6, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Another reason for #freepublictransit -- fewer cars in the city means more room for trees
1/ @PPSConnect just cut down one of #Portland’s largest street trees. pic.twitter.com/WGQFO4oWN4
— Scott Kocher (@Scott_Kocher) January 30, 2020
Sunday, January 12, 2020
How you gonna pay for #freepublictransit?
Trolls keep asking who's gonna pay for free public transit, while we keep throwing good money after bad on more highways. Rose Quarter now up to $795 million for less than two miles of widening. How many free buses would that pay for?
In light of the Governor’s letter, No More Freeways continues to demand that ODOT conduct a rigorous Environmental Impact Statement that could clarify whether ODOT is telling the truth in their claims that the Rose Quarter Freeway Expansion would somehow be the first in America that reduced traffic congestion, lowered carbon emissions or improved air pollution. Our independent analysis of ODOT’s traffic projections revealed numerous, easily-challenged assumptions and discrepancies with significant implications to the project’s public health and climate considerations. The public deserves nothing short of full accountability, transparency and honest assessment of these impacts for a proposed half billion dollar investment in fossil-fuel infrastructure on the dawn of our hastily arriving climate emergency.https://nomorefreewayspdx.com/2020/01/07/800-million-frickin-dollars/
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Clatsop Cty, OR, K-12 #freepublictransit
CLATSOP COUNTY — Beginning this month, all K-12 students in Clatsop County will have access to free public transportation, helping them get to school and back, as well as to extracurricular activities. The initiative launches as communities across Oregon are working together to address barriers that students face in getting to school.https://www.myoregon.gov/2020/01/07/free-public-transportation-will-help-students-get-to-school/
Friday, January 3, 2020
Ridership up 38% in first year of fare-free service
Other medium-sized transit agencies have pioneered the fareless route. Corvallis Transit System was previously the largest transit agency in the Pacific Northwest to eliminate fare collection systemwide when it made the change in 2011. In its first year of fareless operation, Corvallis bus system ridership increased nearly 38%, according to the city government.
The buses in Missoula, Bozeman and on Whidbey and Camano Islands, Washington, are also fareless. Island Transit relies on a dedicated county sales tax to pay for fare-free bus service. In Corvallis, the city council approved a monthly surcharge on all utility bills to pay for fareless bus service.
Mason Transit is fare-free within Mason County, but charges fares for out-of-county routes to places such as Brinnon, Bremerton and Olympia. North Idaho is home to a trio of small transit systems where all fixed routes are free to ride, namely Coeur d'Alene-based Citylink, SPOT Transit in Sandpoint and McCall Transit.
https://kuow.org/stories/just-get-on-and-go-no-bus-fare-needed-anymore-on-this-northwest-transit-system
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
"Community-powered, publicly-financed, future-facing progressive for Portland Mayor"
These aren't campaign slogans to me: I've been in this lane and have no plans to move out of it 👇 #UpWithRiders #FarefreeTransit #OurPortland https://t.co/KVhHvFXqNZ
— #13seconds (@sarahforpdx) December 11, 2019
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Social media and blogs speaking up with support for #KCMO #freetransit decision
Supporters of the measure on social media pointed out that free public transit could have positive impacts on economic inequality, the city’s efforts to fight the climate crisis, and mass incarceration—as other cities, like New York, are cracking down on public transit fare evasion […]https://stuartbramhall.wordpress.com/2019/12/08/now-lets-do-this-everywhere-kansas-city-missouri-approves-free-public-transit-for-all/
Thursday, December 5, 2019
If Kansas City can do it...
Wow! Groundbreaking news! Today Kansas City City Council voted to became the first major U.S. city to have fare-free public transit. The proposal will take effect next year. Perhaps @trimet should be encouraged to look into this! #orpol https://t.co/pQOHNngNyw
— Patrick Maguire 🤓 (@OregonPatrick) December 6, 2019
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
Should Seattle-area passengers ride public transit for free?
Advocates in Seattle have called for eliminating the $2.75 fare for King County Metro buses and the $2.25 to $3.25 fares for Sound Transit light rail.https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/
Those calls grew louder after Sound Transit data showed black passengers get cited and punished disproportionately for evading fares compared to other racial groups. Sound Transit is reviewing its fare-enforcement policies. (You can share your fare-enforcement experiences with Traffic Lab at st.news/fareenforcementsurvey.)
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In 2013, the Estonian capital of Tallinn, with a population of 400,000, made its transit system free. Paris began researching a free-transit plan last year.
The Chapel Hill Transit agency in North Carolina has been fare-free since 2002, and the idea has been floated in Denver and Salt Lake City. In Washington’s Thurston County, officials at Intercity Transit have also proposed to make bus rides free starting Jan. 1.
Wow! Kansas City Mayor spills the beans on subsidy and racism!
Quinton Lucas: A few years ago in Kansas City, we brought back our streetcar system. It’s a short route that runs into downtown. We made all rides free. The area where the streetcar is is a higher-income, majority white, gentrified area. That started the talk of why are we subsidizing free rides to people making good money, but the clientele on the bus system in the largely black parts of town are still forced to pay?
...Lucas: Fares cover about $8 million a year, but we lose $1.5 million in collecting fares. The shortfall is about $6 million, and we can find that in the budget. The streetcar took $2 million from buses to [get the project started]. It was necessary startup funding in 2014, but in 2019 and 2020 it’s not.
The other step is improving how we spend money to stimulate economic development. After the recession, national firms came to us and said we’ll invest in downtown, but in exchange we need real guarantees and asked us to subsidize parking-garage costs. [In the last 10 years] taxpayers spent about $100 million subsidizing parking garages for these companies.
...Lucas: We’ve crunched the numbers. Finding a few million in a large city budget is not that hard. We can wax poetic about fairness and equity in workforce opportunity, but there’s nothing more clear to me than saying, “Let’s help people, for many of whom $2,000 will make a world of difference.”https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/ask-an-expert-kansas-city-is-exploring-free-transit-should-seattle/
Tacoma, WA, high schools - #freetransit
Big (Happy, Happy) Announcement: Free bus passes for ALL Tacoma Public Schools high school students. @tacomaschools @TacomaCreates @CityofTacoma @PierceTransit pic.twitter.com/u51yRk7zqW
— Kenny Coble 🌹 コーブル健 (@KennyCoble) November 25, 2019
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
IntercityTransit in Olympia going to fare-free
Starting Jan. 1st, @intercitytransi will become the nation's largest fare-free transit system. #FreeTransit https://t.co/rgAd0sjsjb
— Transit Riders Union (@SeattleTRU) November 19, 2019
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