Socialist local candidate wins 35% of vote, enters run-off

Links International: "“Working people in Seattle have a clear political choice for a change. If you want to fight for an alternative to the status quo, join us in the struggle for a citywide $15/hour minimum wage, a major expansion of public transit by taxing Seattle’s millionaires, increased investment in affordable housing, and implementing rent control”, said Sawant."

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Minto proposes free public transport for Auckland

http://mintoformayor.org.nz/

Voxy.co.nz: "Mana Movement Co-Vice President John Minto launched his campaign for the Auckland mayoralty today with a policy to give Aucklanders an extra hour at home with their family every work day by unclogging Auckland roads with free public transport."

Brazil PSB takes the flag of zero tariff in Congress

versaoimpressa: "In another attempt to anticipate the Rousseff government a measure with strong popular appeal, the bench of PSB in the House of Representatives decided to sponsor the adoption of the proposed amendment to the Constitution (PEC) which provides for the adoption of zero tariff for all shipping public in the Country Party Eduardo Campos, Dilma likely opponent in 2014, supports the measure, which is on the agenda of today's vote of the Committee on Constitution and Justice (CCJ) Chamber."

Free public transport organizer runs for office in Pakistan

Ghulam Sakina, 85, mother of Jamshed Dasti, a former member of parliament and

election rival of Pakistan's former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, shows

her son's portrait in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. Reuters

Pakistan 'Robin Hood' aims to wrest election from rich - Hindustan Times: "Even when he won a National Assembly seat, he continued to work one 15-hour shift a week as an unpaid driver for a free bus service he started. "

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Harvey Milk, #freetransit advocate

San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, left, and Mayor George Moscone. (Associated Press)

Charles Karel Bouley: Freedom Without Equality Is Just a Medal: "Anyone that saw Milk speak knew one thing: no matter what, he wanted gays and lesbians to have hope. He wanted them to remain hopeful that things can, would and will change if we care enough to change them. He wanted everyone on the bus, championing causes like affordable child care facilities, free public transportation, a board of civilians to oversee police, neighborhood issues, family issues. He wanted his hope to be infectious, and maintained humor by pranking public officials like Diane Feinstein and the mayor and being often outrageous on television or in person in some way."

RALEIGH: Former Pine State Creamery president dies at 81 | Wake County | NewsObserver.com

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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