Transportation

Experiments In Free Transit

September 15, 2020 Joshua DeVries, The Bullet. Create! Free Transit, Public Good, Socialism, Transportation

Among the few positive aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, some localities have taken the impressive step of implementing free transit. Several cities in Ohio, including Akron, Canton, Toledo and Youngstown announced free fares as of March 16. Towns in Vermont and Nevada have done so as well. Unfortunately, local officials are quite clear that these are only temporary for health purposes and will be reversed once it is “safe.” Over the last several decades, though, many cities around the world have experimented with free transit.

Solutionary Rail In A Time Of Pandemic

July 23, 2020 Bill Moyer, SolutionaryRail.org. Create! climate crisis, Energy, Trains, Transportation

CoViD-19 is a confluence of crises that further exacerbates inequities and exposes societal and economic vulnerabilities. Our latest RailBite, Solutionary Rail in a Time of Pandemic explores how this moment of crisis is also an opportunity to address those vulnerabilities, as well as one of the underlying causes of this and future pandemics, i.e. climate change, by undertaking a transformational national infrastructure project. Solutionary Rail offers a pathway to tackle some of the most difficult decarbonization challenges while improving public health, delivering environmental justice, and rebuilding local & national economic vitality. The recent House Transportation Committee's Moving Forward Act (MFA) and the House Climate Action Plan (HCAP) address some important challenges, but leave many of the most difficult problems unresolved.

Minneapolis Is Trying To Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help The Police

June 15, 2020 Sarah Lazare, In These Times. Resist! George Floyd, Minneapolis, Police, Transportation, Unions

The Amalgamated Transit Workers union’s public support for the uprisings, and some members’ public refusal to do work that helps the police, sparked praise and inspiration around the country. As the Black Lives Matter protests spread, so did transit workers’ refusal to assist in police crackdowns. In New York, bus drivers refused to transport people arrested at protests, as crowds cheered them on. “None of our bus ops should be used for that,” J.P. Patafio, vice president of New York’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, told Motherboard on May 29. Ryan Timlin: We are working on a class-action grievance because they cut the pay for those who refused to transport state troopers. I hope it helped protesters. To be honest, I don’t know if it did. It clearly excited people, especially the letter of solidarity.

Could The Pandemic Start A Biking Revolution In Latin America?

May 20, 2020 Leonie Rauls, Americas Quarterly. Create! Biking, COVID-19, Latin America, Transportation

The demand of social distancing is forcing cities across Latin America and the world to rethink public life. That includes a reconsideration of mass transit, with a number of public sector initiatives encouraging biking as a safer alternative. Already, city leaders in Bogotá, Lima, Buenos Aires and elsewhere have taken steps to promote biking as a reliable form of transportation for essential workers without the risks of spreading the coronavirus in a crowded train or bus. The pivot to bikes presents an opportunity that biking activists and enthusiasts hope could lead to lasting changes in urban mobility. “The health crisis is an opportunity to promote the use of the bike not only as a temporary solution, but to become a permanent part of our future transportation systems,” Juan Carlos Silva, vice president of Peru’s cyclists association Aciper told AQ.

The Year Of Car-free Streateries

May 19, 2020 Mike Eliason, The Urbanist. Create! Energy, New Economy, Transportation, Urban Design

Seattle - As our city starts to open back up, several issues are becoming quite apparent in our urban villages. In many, there is inadequate space on sidewalks to adequately social distance. There is also inadequate space to order and wait for food from restaurants for pick up. And given that restaurants will be extremely limited in the number of patrons that can dine in them, they will need to utilize the space in their parking lots or adjacent streets to allow dining with proper distancing measures. This is an opportunity to prioritize businesses and pedestrians like none we’ve ever seen. We will need space so that our small businesses and restaurants can survive Covid. And given that we may be over a year away from a vaccine, these changes could not only be long-term, but the impetus needed to vastly improve livability in the densest parts of our city.

How To Stop Fare Evasion: Make NYC’s Trains & Buses Free

December 27, 2019 Staff, Indypendent.org Create! Infrastructure, New York City (NYC), Transportation

Imagine a transit system where there are no turnstiles, where the police presence is minimal because cops aren’t lurking around to enforce fares. Picture a subway and bus network that is free, open and functional because those who profit most from it pay for it. Lawmakers in Kansas City, Missouri took a step in just this direction earlier in December, passing a bill that directed the city’s manager to set aside $8 million a year to cover the fare of $1.50 for every rider. It is expected to save frequent bus users in the city of 490,000 people about $1,000 a year.

On International Day Of Persons With Disabilities, Disabled Activists, Allies Demand Elevators, Not More Subway Cops

December 20, 2019 By Edward Yudelovich, Workers.org Resist! Disability Rights, Police, Transportation

The United Nations established the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, 1992, in a victory for the worldwide struggle of people with disabilities. IDPD has been celebrated around the planet to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of people with disabilities. For the fifth consecutive year, People’s Power Assemblies/NYC marked the IDPD with a Dec. 3 protest inside of Macy’s, which linked struggles for accessibility and against police repression in New York’s mass transit system.

Kansas City, Missouri Approves Free Public Transit for All

December 8, 2019 By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Create! New Economy, Public Services, Transit, Transportation

Lawmakers in Kansas City, Missouri took a "visionary step" on Thursday by unanimously voting to make public transportation in the city free of charge, setting the stage for it to be the first major U.S. city to have free public transit. The Kansas City Council voted to direct the city manager to set aside $8 million to eliminate the $1.50 per ride fare that currently applies to the city's bus system. Some frequent riders could save about $1,000 per year under the new plan, according to KCUR, the city's public radio station.

Democratic Party Calls On Washington Metro Transit Authority To Intervene Against Striking Transit Workers

December 3, 2019 Nick Barrickman, Wsws.org Resist! Class Struggle, Liberal Politics, Strikes, Transportation, Washington DC

As the strike of more than 130 Washington metro area bus drivers and mechanics at the multinational conglomerate Transdev reaches its second month, Democratic Party politicians in Virginia are demanding that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) step up efforts to break the strike. In a letter to Metro general manager Paul J. Wiedefeld and Chairman Paul Smedburg, Congressional Democrats Gerald E. Connolly, Donald Beyer, Jr. and Jennifer Wexton, each representing districts served by Metro, called on the transit authority to “create transportation alternatives for riders”...

Striking Workers Sound The Alarm On Privatizing D.C. Public Transit

November 27, 2019 By Negin Owliaei, Inequality.org Resist! Class Struggle, Privatization, Strikes, Transportation, Workers

The Washington Metro Area Transit Authority board meeting was supposed to start at 10 A.M. on November 21, nearly a month after workers at the Cinder Bed Road garage began their strike. 10:30 came and went, with no sign of the WMATA executive board. The metro workers and community members who packed the room began chanting “time’s up” until a security guard announced anyone chanting would be told to leave. Finally, nearly an hour after the meeting’s scheduled start time, the WMATA board members trickled in.

Elderly And Disabled People Win Victory Against Veolia

November 25, 2019 By Jim McMahan, Stopveoliaseattle.wordpress.com Resist! Public Services, Seattle, Transportation

Disabled and elderly paratransit riders in Seattle have won a victory over the corporate criminal, Veolia corporation, which for years has delivered negligent service to the disabled riding public. King County Metro Transit, which controls the Access Paratransit, just got rid of its contractor, Veolia, after years of public pressure and organizing. The Stop Veolia Seattle organization worked in solidarity with Access drivers and also had the support of the Boston School Bus Drivers union, United Steelworkers Local 8751.

Black Passengers Cited, Punished Disproportionately By Transit Enforcement

October 6, 2019 Heidi Groover, Seattle Times. Educate! Police, Racism, Transportation

Seattle, WA - When fare-enforcement officers board a Sound Transit train, they begin at either end and work their way toward the middle. One by one, passengers tap their ORCA cards on handheld devices or show their tickets to prove they’ve paid. The practice is designed to be unbiased, the agency says, a safeguard against potential profiling by officers. But Sound Transit data shows this system is not preventing disproportionate punishment. While 9% of people who ride light rail and Sounder commuter trains are black, 22% of riders caught up in the fare-enforcement system over the last four years were black, according to rider surveys and enforcement data collected by Sound Transit. For black riders, the disparity grows as the punishment gets more severe, from warnings to $124 tickets to misdemeanor theft charges.

Minneapolis Pilots ‘Mobility Hubs’

October 3, 2019 By Katie Pyzyk, Smartcitiesdive.com Create! Infrastructure, Minneapolis, New Economy, Transportation

The idea of a mobility hub is not new, but at the same time it has not yet gained mainstream implementation. A German project manager is credited with devising the first integrated mobility hub 20 years ago to reduce the number of cars on the road and regain street space for other uses. Minneapolis looked to European examples, as well as domestic and regional ones, when developing its hub program. "European cities are well on their way, much further than the U.S. is, on this concept of mobility hubs," Johnson said.

TSA Is Testing Face Recognition At Airport Security Checkpoints In Las Vegas Now

September 2, 2019 Catie Keck, Gizmodo.com Sinéad Baker, Businessinsider.com Educate! Facial Recognition, Surveillance, Transportation

American Airlines has started using facial recognition technology on passengers at boarding gates, part of a growing industry trend that airlines and airports say will make travelling faster and more secure. American is using the technology at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport in Texas, where passengers can get their face scanned instead of using their boarding pass to board the plane,local news station CBS 11 News reported. Passengers, however, still need both their boarding pass and an ID, like their passport, to get through airport security.

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