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8999_32 Richard Eriksson's Bookmarks Tagged With "free transit"

  1. Visit Experts are wary of free public transit Experts are wary of free public transit

    http://thetyee.ca/News/2007/07/30/FareFree6/

    Finally getting around to reading the postscript to Dave Olsen's series. Some argue that it leads to people valuing the system less, and treating it accordingly.

  2. Visit David Wortman writes about transit revenue options for West Coast American cities David Wortman writes about transit revenue options for West Coast American cities

    http://www.sustainableindustries.com/transportation/8855597.html

    Includes free transit and privatizing systems.

  3. Visit Resources on free transit Resources on free transit

    http://www.freepublictransit.org/

    A website with links and a 'News' section, but not a lot of dynamic elements to it.

  4. Visit Stephen Rees' response to Dave Olsen's free transit series Stephen Rees' response to Dave Olsen's free transit series

    http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/paying-for-free-transit/

    "Improving service should always be the number one priority."

  5. Visit Dave Olsen's final article on free transit, on how to pay for it Dave Olsen's final article on free transit, on how to pay for it

    http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/13/NoFares5/

    "I hope this series has caused readers -- and our policy makers -- to take a hard look at the workability and benefits fare-free transit might bring to various regions of the province. I believe the only thing stopping us from building frequent, f… More

  6. Visit The costs of collecting fares in Vancouver The costs of collecting fares in Vancouver

    http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/12/NoFares4/

    Cites Seattle's numbers (a useful comparison) but still shows off smaller systems as exemplars of free transit.

  7. Visit Dave Olsen describes the free transit system of Hasselt, Belgium Dave Olsen describes the free transit system of Hasselt, Belgium

    http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/09/NoFares3/

    No direct comparison to Vancouver, and a gear switch at the end with three paragraphs on TransLink accountability.

  8. Visit Free bus service: Is it viable? Free bus service: Is it viable?

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/322858_freebus07.html

    "Skagit Transit in Mount Vernon and Link Transit in Wenatchee initially ran no-fare bus systems, but added fares after I-695 eliminated big chunks of their revenue."

  9. Visit Whidbey Island transit is free, and successful, writes Dave Olsen Whidbey Island transit is free, and successful, writes Dave Olsen

    http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/06/NoFares2/

    He compares the system to Nanaimo's, and appropriately, since they have similarly-sized transit systems. I'm with Olsen on eliminating bus advertising, but still looking for him discuss a free transit system of comparable size to Vancouver's pay transit.

  10. Visit 17 reasons (or more) to stop charging people to ride the bus 17 reasons (or more) to stop charging people to ride the bus

    http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/07/05/NoFares1/

    First in a series. It has to come with a plan to sell it politically to voters who value their cars, while avoiding pandering to Marxist-Leninist groups, for it to work.

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