Public transit should be free to the public, not make money for the elites.
Albuquerque is now the biggest city in the country to make public transit free, permanently.
Turns out it doesn’t just save people money, it saves the city money.
We talked to residents, and they love it. Some save on gas, some don’t have to walk to work, and everybody wins.
Cool, vintage drawing of the NYC/NJ PATH train system's network of tunnels. Seeing this reminded me of a gushing blog post I wrote for WFMU more than 16 (gasp!) years ago about the PATH, which is still online here: https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/01/bestworst-path.html
Last day in Vienna. Explored via the U-Bahn and trams. Great day with excellent coffee and pastries as well.
Traveling in Europe shows how bad public transport is in most UK cities. Vienna - integrated transit system with a bus/tram/train every 5 mins. UK - a bus every 20 mins, if it shows up. Let’s not get started on the miles of cycle lanes across the city.