Friday, December 16, 2011

Owensboro Transit System offers free rides during holidays - 14 News, WFIE, Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro

Owensboro Transit System offers free rides during holidays - 14 News, WFIE, Evansville, Henderson, Owensboro: "OWENSBORO, KY (WFIE) -
Owensboro Transit System will offer free bus rides during the Twelve Days of Christmas, starting Saturday morning.

Owensboro Transit System has offered these rides right before the holidays for years now, and with cold weather setting in, people like Richard Harrison plan to take advantage of it.

"I got to, I got to. It helps a whole lot of elderly people."

Starting December 10th, through Friday, December 23rd, anyone can ride any route absolutely free."

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Baton Rouge - #transit needs dedicated revenue

Civic group to push bus tax | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA: "“Ultimately, we have recommended that there must be a dedicated revenue stream to keep us from this endless cycle of insanity that we have found ourselves in year after year after year,” said the Rev. Raymond Jetson, a coalition member and the former chairman of the Blue Ribbon Commission."

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Car-dependent cities will become ghost towns

Unified transit will lift region | ajc.com: "So when comparing our region to other successful regions of China, Japan, Germany and the United States, we do find one glaring factor that we can’t offer our residents and visitors — a seamless, unified transit network that offers efficient travel without a car."

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