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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18,000 people save 70,000,000 dollars by not driving alone

Pa. report finds transit use up - News - METRO Magazine: "All database members who use all forms of transportation other than driving along take approximately 1,511,609 million miles off the road one way to work per week, which translates into 139,068,028 million miles roundtrip for the year or $70,924,694.28 saved (based on $0.51 per mile)."

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New Year starts off with car death

New Year Ushered In With Deadly Hit-Run on City Avenue Near Presidential Blvd. « CBS Philly: "PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s first homicide happened shortly after midnight this New Year’s Day.  And it was just one of many incidents keeping police busy this morning."

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Ugly parking garage crowds Christian charity

Is this really what we want as our architectural legacy? Millions spent on an ugly parking garage while a church from a different century struggles to help the poor and homeless? We can do better. Let's make the buses fare-free.

Things that go away with #freetransit - collision costs

Street blocked, two police cars, police personnel, and hours of paperwork, for a minor fender-bender. These are some of the costs that would be dramatically reduced if we made the buses and subways fare-free.

Autosprawl in crisis. I-95 needs 22 billion dollars

Regional planning agency: Infrastructure needs more funding - Philly.com: ""Choices need to be made. Frankly, there will never be enough money to do everything everybody would like to see done. It's time to take a realistic look at where we're headed.""

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Another #carfree night in Philly

Night street. Cars banned.

Imagine there's no cars... well, there aren't, at the Autumn Festival

People take over the street in Philadelphia for the Autumn Festival

1,000 Protesters Hit Streets of Philly to Express Shale Gas Outrage « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement

1,000 Protesters Hit Streets of Philly to Express Shale Gas Outrage « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement: "More than 1,000 people from Pennsylvania and the shale regions of neighboring New York, Ohio, West Virginia and beyond, along with downstreamers from Maryland and Delaware, joined together to protest the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s industry convention in downtown Philadelphia on Sept. 20, making a unified statement to “Stop Fracking Now.”"

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