public transport
Cycling, walking and public transport during the pandemic and in times of rising cost of livingPublic panel discussion on October 1, 2022 at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels
Here is the link to the full program: https://www.rosalux.eu/en/topic/23.events.html?id=1290
Speakers:
- Ludwig Lindner of the Initiative Berlin Autofrei, Berlin (Germany).
- Zoran Bukvic from the initiative Streets for cyclists, Belgrade (Serbia)
- Leila Lahssaini, Member of Parliament of the Belgian Left Party PTB in Brussels (Belgium)
- Cristina ...
read more "Event report: For a real transport turnaround"
read more "Event report: For a real transport turnaround"
This essay discusses five currently ongoing struggles that open new windows of opportunity for the necessary mobility turnaround in our cities. The first is the currently pending regulation of platform work in the EU, which will also affect the mobility provider UBER. This will determine whether UBER will remain a dangerous public transport competitor or not. Secondly, the current crisis of rising costs of living is intensifying the discussion about public transport for fare-free or greatly reduced prices. Measures that some EU member states have taken are ...
read more "New entry points for Fare-Free"
read more "New entry points for Fare-Free"
In Germany, the discussion about the €9 ticket, which allows the use of regional public transport everywhere in Germany for €9 a month, is on everyone's lips. Despite its resounding success, the German government has not yet presented a follow-up project, so the €9 ticket will expire at the end of August this year. More than 30 million people (about 40 per cent of the population) in Germany have made use of this offer and this shows how great the need for mobility and how important the ...
read more "Right to mobility on both sides of the Atlantic: Brazil in the run-up to the presidential elections"
read more "Right to mobility on both sides of the Atlantic: Brazil in the run-up to the presidential elections"
Workshop on 26 April 2022 in the context of the “Global Green New Deal” conference by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Brussels
Mobility poverty is a growing problem in the EU. Rising fuel prices, the discussion about an oil embargo due to the war in Ukraine, rising food prices, rising ticket prices on public transport and trains as well as the lack of public transport (especially in rural areas) are pushing more and more households into financial hardship and mobility poverty. Currently the European parliament is ...
read more "“The right to mobility – how can mobility poverty be overcome?”"
read more "“The right to mobility – how can mobility poverty be overcome?”"
The rising prices of energy and petrol or diesel are currently on everyone’s lips – and rightly so, because they expose middle- and low-income people to an ever-increasing risk of poverty. This applies to people in the EU as well as to other regions of the world, such as Brazil, where the movement for a zero fare for public transport (Movimento Passe Livre) emerged in 2013 and continues to grow.[1] In the USA, a car country, the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, recently spent eight million dollars to allow residents to use part of ...
read more "Right to mobility – in Cologne, in São Paulo, in Boston…"
read more "Right to mobility – in Cologne, in São Paulo, in Boston…"
During the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, 24 countries and a number of car manufacturers adopted a declaration pledging to phase out internal combustion engines by 2040 (or earlier). While this is a commendable initiative by the signatory states and a first step in the right direction, it makes the silence about the necessary expansion of public transport all the more deafening. The coalition agreement of Germany's new federal government, too, has virtually nothing to say on the subject of public transport. This is a serious problem...
read more "COP26 Counter Summit – The Future Is Public Transport"
read more "COP26 Counter Summit – The Future Is Public Transport"