RALEIGH: Former Pine State Creamery president dies at 81 | Wake County | NewsObserver.com: "Kilgore’s leadership was appreciated in other industries as well. He was an innovator in public transportation. In 1975, he helped transform the city’s failing bus system. As chairman of the Raleigh Transit Authority, he decided to give away free bus rides for a couple of days.
After the free-ride period, several hundred people started taking the bus.
In a 1976 interview, he said, “We are trying to break habits developed since Henry Ford brought on his automobile.”
He helped promote the cost-savings for a family that used public transportation rather than automobiles, and the benefit for low-income families that may not have other options."
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Free transit to clean air? One Utah lawmaker proposes a trial | The Salt Lake Tribune
Free transit to clean air? One Utah lawmaker proposes a trial | The Salt Lake Tribune: "The Wasatch Front Regional Council has figured, according to Briscoe, that if transit ridership doubled, it would decrease particulate pollution from vehicles by 2.2 percent and overall pollution by 1.1 percent."
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