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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#freetransit advocates - Socialist Party of Ontario, has first candidate

Socialist Party of Ontario: "The SPO wants to congratulate Andrea Gar Quiano on her confirmation as our first official candidate in the next provincial election. She will be running in Peterborough."

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Seattle Transit Union Endorses Socialist Kshama Sawant for State House

Seattle Transit Union Endorses Socialist Kshama Sawant for State House: "Sawant advocates reversing the $10.5 billion in budget cuts to public services that her opponent Democratic Representative Jamie Pedersen and the Democratic Party-majority state government have implemented during the economic crisis. In fact, Sawant calls for expanding funding to make public transit free, environmentally sound, and extremely convenient for commuters. Seattle has the 4th worst traffic in North America because its transit system is centered around private cars, which is also disastrous for the climate change crisis. "

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UK: Salford Mayoral candidate advocates free public transport

A manifesto for a prosperous Salford | UK news | guardian.co.uk: "End Salford's public transport rip off and campaign for free public transport for all."

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Matthew Ryan-Sykes calls for free public transport

Time for a last word | Sunshine Coast Politics | Local Politics in Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast Daily: "Matthew Ryan-Sykes said he was the only mayoral candidate interested in an affordable, sustainable future for the region and believed public transport was a key issue.

"I'm looking at free public transport for commuters," he said."

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Norway Christian Democratic Party advocates free public transport

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Plank Oslo agrees wholeheartedly with her in it. Christian Democratic Party seems to have come at a better mind and they should be commended for! Among the 160 improvement proposals in the report Cure 2020 we find the free public transport. And we're pleased to say that we now have a parliamentary party that takes free public seriously, and who see the role it has in the future of cities.