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Cars choking Philadelphia

Will I-95 always be a rush-hour highway to hell? - Philly.com: "The annual cost to the region from rush-hour traffic jams is more than $3 billion, according to a 2012 report by the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute, which has measured congestion impact nationally since 1982.

The rush-hour jams cost individual commuters more than $1,000 a year, and cause the release of 1.5 billion pounds of excess carbon dioxide and the consumption of more than 75 million gallons of fuel, the report said.

...Completion of the current interchange reconstruction is expected in 2015, but additional phases of the I-95 rebuild, which will end up costing a total of $1 billion, will continue into 2020."

In Tallinn, Estonia, #freetransit is as much about freedom as money

Chambersburg Public Opinion: ""It gives you freedom," said Tulp, as she boarded a bus on her way home to a suburb of Tallinn. "It's not just money.""

SEPTA invests millions to continue rationing service

SEPTA riders face big changes starting July 1: "More than 200 high-tech vending machines will be installed in subway stations and bus terminals to sell the new smart cards, as well as one-day magnetic-strip tickets for occasional riders.

"We will have to do a huge outreach on all this," acknowledged chief financial officer Richard Burnfield. "It's going to take a lot of education, marketing, and information about the new changes that are coming.""

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Groundbreaking set for $26M transit center | Lehigh Valley Business

Groundbreaking set for $26M transit center | Lehigh Valley Business: "After more than a decade of speculation, actual construction for Easton’s $26 million transportation center project starts next month, with a groundbreaking ceremony near the end of March, according to the city’s mayor."

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Lebanon, Pa, free transit Tuesdays

Lebanon Transit encourages residents to 'Break up with your car' - abc27 WHTM: "Lebanon Transit is offering an incentive for new riders -- a free round trip ticket for any route, any Tuesday, between now and the end of June. There is an also an incentive for current riders.

"For the commuters that are already using us and are encouraging their friends to get on the bus, they can also go online at and register for a $100 Visa gift card," said Giurintano.

It will give new riders a chance to experience the benefits of public transportation, in hopes that they will become regular riders."

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Direct Action Under Way Protesting Fracking Pipeline – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement

Direct Action Under Way Protesting Fracking Pipeline – EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement: "Allison Petryk, of Vernon, NJ, and Alex Lotorto, of Milford, PA, plan to remain locked to the gate at the end of Schocopee Road in Milford, PA, all day to prevent access to the tree clearing crews. Tree clearing began on Friday within 24 hours of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Notice to Proceed."

New Year's Day in Chinatown - Imagine no cars!

Philadelphia to close 37 schools, but there is a simple way to attract people back from the suburbs

Teachers, Students And Parents Gather To Protest Closing Of 37 Philadelphia Schools « CBS Philly: "PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The School District of Philadelphia held its latest public meeting at South Philadelphia High School on Tuesday night, and those attending were greeted by protestors fighting the impending closure of 37 schools."

Degrowth is not a policy, it is a physical reality. There is no more cheap oil. Even if we clawed all the money back from the billionaires, we could not make sprawl sustainable. Transit-riding, low-paid urbanites have subsidized the suburbs for a hundred years. It is time to turn this around. Make public transit fare-free. This will save millions of dollars and reduce the congestion, expense, and noise of urban traffic. The city will become more attractive and we can gradually deconstruct the sprawl nightmare.

Free Public Transportation as a Poverty-Fighting Tool - Keystone Politics

Free Public Transportation as a Poverty-Fighting Tool - Keystone Politics: "AxisPhilly is asking for big ideas, so here’s my favorite: make the public transportation system free to riders."

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Transit group: Large majorities support public transportation - The Hill's Transportation Report

Transit group: Large majorities support public transportation - The Hill's Transportation Report: "More than three-fourths of Americans support increasing funding for public transportation systems, the American Public Transportation Association said Monday. "

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We need to decide soon between cars and #transit

PlanPhilly | SEPTA to shrink without additional funding: "For years, SEPTA has been focusing on its state of good repair projects – maintenance and replacement projects necessary to keep equipment, infrastructure and facilities safe and running - but with a capital funding budget of $303 million and a $4.7 billion backlog of necessary state of good repair projects, SEPTA simply does not have enough money to keep the entire system running. "

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