You could save $973 per month

Transit Savings Report: "The top 20 cities with the highest transit ridership are ranked in order of their transit savings based on the purchase of a monthly public transit pass and factoring in local gas prices for February, 2012 and the local monthly unreserved parking rate.*

City Monthly Savings Annual Savings
1 New York $1,216 $14,587
2 Boston $1,125 $13,503
3 San Francisco $1,099 $13,193
4 Seattle $992 $11,899
5 Philadelphia $973 $11,681"

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Ready for a Mad Max world of potholes and chaos?

Corbett's Pa. budget ignores roads and bridges - mcall.com: "Is transportation funding too complex? Too costly? Is our transportation crisis lessening? No. We need at least $2 billion in new funding each year, according to the Transportation Funding Advisory Commission, which Gov. Corbett created last year. Did you notice that Gov. Corbett, in his budget message, skipped over a nearly 9 percent reduction, from $6.43 billion to $5.86 billion, in Transportation Department funding? If Harrisburg follows the $5.86 billion path, we will fall further and further behind in attacking the transportation crisis."

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PA governor doing the dirty work of frackers and oil-industry

How is Pennsylvania supposed to attract investment if public transit has collapsed and our deteriorating roads are clogged with commuters forced to drive to work?


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12031/1207111-153-0.stm#ixzz1l2lVgsmH

Congress Will PAY YOU to Avoid Public Transit in 201 | InvestorPlace

Congress Will PAY YOU to Avoid Public Transit in 201 | InvestorPlace: "That’s right. You get twice as much of a write-off to drive to work instead of taking the bus. Read the details at the University of South Florida’s National Center for Transit Research.

You may pass go. Advance your token to free parking. Thanks for playing."

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Occupy Delwaware #occupy

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Do you assume your highway will not collapse? Stop assuming.

Gov. Corbett to roll out transportation plan by Feb. 7: "The proposal is likely to fall short of the recommendations of the governor's Transportation Funding Advisory Commission, which presented a plan in August to raise up to $2.5 billion in new annual revenue for roads, bridges and public transit."

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Less congestion, not more, with bike lanes

Bike lanes give a more open feeling to crowded shopping areas.

Occupy Vacant Lots – off to a start! | Transition Philadelphia

Occupy Vacant Lots – off to a start! | Transition Philadelphia: "Abandoned lots that serve only as neglected and dangerous dumping grounds for trash could, instead, serve to grow healthy food and be a center for community. Actions of stewardship could empower, strengthen, and stabilize communities. "

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#occupyphilly still going strong

The economic collapse is just getting started. The occupy movement is very clear on who is to blame and how to fight back. The wall street bankers have crashed the financial system, have been bailed out by the taxpayer, and now want us to give up our pensions and homes to enrich them even more. There is much more crash to come, and many more bailouts to come. The time to fight back is now. Soon there will be national economic martial law. It is already happening in Michigan.

Unaccountably, this stone is still standing. Occupy is set up near by to protect it.

No room at the Inn for the homeless

Homeless retreat from threatened eviction of #occupyphilly but not welcome in "Christian" Philly either.

#occupyphilly is the voice of the 99%

Foreclosure notice issued to predators (video)

How to identify trolls on #agw, #1u, and #occupyphilly

In the #occupywallstreet campaign, and #climatechange struggle, we are plagued by provocateurs and agents of oil and the 1% which attack from the outside and from within. Here are some tips on how to identify them.

• high tweet/follower ratio on twitter (amazingly useful metric)
• super-radical terminology with confusing array of targets
• insistence on moral absolutes, one must be for/against x
• focus on divisions in the 99%
• focus on any path (money, law, celebrities) except mass unity 
• obsession with corporate media coverage
• focus on conspiracy or implying explosive hidden truth
• asserting belief required for understanding
• asking for money (unless homeless, then give)
• saying "I support your cause, but..." (if they really support, it's their cause)
• always criticizing 99% leadership or persistently negative
• ad hominem attacks, or scatology (to make new people give up in disgust)
• generalized misanthropy - "all people are greedy," "all politicians are crooks"
• claiming all the answers are in one document or candidate
• blaming government for everything
• never directing comments against the banks or oil industry

These characteristics apply to both internal and external trolls. Use common sense and trust your instincts. There are always honest people who are misled and temporarily fall for scams. Some are just people trying to sell something.  Just keep shining daylight on the subject and the trolls will scatter.