Fare-Free Transit: One viable step toward saving ourselves on this warming planet
I’ve had the pleasure to research and write a series of articles about Fare-Free Transit around the world and how these systems compare to what exists in Vancouver and Nanaimo.
You can find these articles on the daily on-line newspaper, theTyee.ca. The folks at the Tyee were so supportive and helpful from start to finish and I can’t thank Dave Beers and Bryan Zandberg enough for the polish they put on every article. They also helped facilitate these resulting radio interviews about Fare-Free Transit.
Kathryn Gretsinger hosted the first of these, which you can find right on the Tyee’s site.
On Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 I was in the studio for CBC’s afternoon show; it featured a Q & A and call-in about Fare-Free Transit. Listen Now.
That night, I participated in a short Q & A on CKNW about Fare-Free Transit. It's called Nightline and was hosted by Christy Clark...click here to listen.
The following Saturday afternoon, I was asked to be a guest on CKNW’s Sean Leslie show for a call-in segment on Fare-Free Transit. Listen to it here.
CiTR‘s Pedal Revolutionary show devoted the last half of their show to Fare-Free Transit on Thursday, July 19th, 2007.
KPFK Los Angeles, Pacifica Radio’s affliate for Southern California, ended their August 6th, 2007 edition of Beneath the Surface with Suzi Weissman with a discussion on Fare-Free Transit. Click here to listen to it.
You can listen to all of these last 5 interviews by clicking here.
UPDATES SINCE THE TYEE SERIES WAS PUBLISHED
Alternet.org asked for an US-focused summary of the Tyee series and published it on 26 July 2007. You can read it by clicking here.
Community Transportation Association edited the Tyee series (with permission) and published a short article in their magazine that you can also find on their website by clicking here.
Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University) student paper, the NAV.ca, published an article written by Morgan Vanderree entitled, “Fare-Free Transit Equals Fair Transit.”
Planetizen asked me to write a follow-up piece that was published on 23 Feb 09; it’s entitled, “Why Is Fare-Free Transit the Exception Rather than the Rule?” and you can read it by clicking here.
InTransition Magazine wrote an article debating whether Fare-Free Transit was applicable to transit systems in North America. You can read it by clicking here.
The Dash is a show produced by the Online Party of Canada and featured an interview with me by video Skype in August 2012, which you can view below:
You can find these articles on the daily on-line newspaper, theTyee.ca. The folks at the Tyee were so supportive and helpful from start to finish and I can’t thank Dave Beers and Bryan Zandberg enough for the polish they put on every article. They also helped facilitate these resulting radio interviews about Fare-Free Transit.
Kathryn Gretsinger hosted the first of these, which you can find right on the Tyee’s site.
On Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 I was in the studio for CBC’s afternoon show; it featured a Q & A and call-in about Fare-Free Transit. Listen Now.
That night, I participated in a short Q & A on CKNW about Fare-Free Transit. It's called Nightline and was hosted by Christy Clark...click here to listen.
The following Saturday afternoon, I was asked to be a guest on CKNW’s Sean Leslie show for a call-in segment on Fare-Free Transit. Listen to it here.
CiTR‘s Pedal Revolutionary show devoted the last half of their show to Fare-Free Transit on Thursday, July 19th, 2007.
KPFK Los Angeles, Pacifica Radio’s affliate for Southern California, ended their August 6th, 2007 edition of Beneath the Surface with Suzi Weissman with a discussion on Fare-Free Transit. Click here to listen to it.
You can listen to all of these last 5 interviews by clicking here.
UPDATES SINCE THE TYEE SERIES WAS PUBLISHED
Alternet.org asked for an US-focused summary of the Tyee series and published it on 26 July 2007. You can read it by clicking here.
Community Transportation Association edited the Tyee series (with permission) and published a short article in their magazine that you can also find on their website by clicking here.
Malaspina College (now Vancouver Island University) student paper, the NAV.ca, published an article written by Morgan Vanderree entitled, “Fare-Free Transit Equals Fair Transit.”
Planetizen asked me to write a follow-up piece that was published on 23 Feb 09; it’s entitled, “Why Is Fare-Free Transit the Exception Rather than the Rule?” and you can read it by clicking here.
InTransition Magazine wrote an article debating whether Fare-Free Transit was applicable to transit systems in North America. You can read it by clicking here.
The Dash is a show produced by the Online Party of Canada and featured an interview with me by video Skype in August 2012, which you can view below:
Dana Larson ran for the leadership of the BC NDP party on a platform that included making Skytrain Fare-Free in Vancouver. The video below shows our discussion about why Fare-Free Transit not only can slow greenhouse gas emissions but is more efficient and reduces the cost of providing public transit.
