#Devon awarded £5.3 million for #ZeroEmission #buses - News
Some positive local news.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/devon-awarded-5-3-million-for-zero-emission-buses/
#publictransport
Budapest to Lyon: Why I chose to take a night train with my 6 year-old son instead of a flight
It was my six-year-old son who figured out a way to make that happen. Engrossed in a picture book about trains, he came across one that depicted a family sleeping peacefully in a couchette.
I decided it was time to give night trains a go.
this should help...
#help #comprehend #understand #cancercapitalism #profitable #publictransport #humanrights
Lol Sydney #publictransport #sydneytrains #newyorksubway #singapore #london https://youtube.com/shorts/TR2S6wSoMBU?si=RuRYPeFYMVyM9IBU
Hah! How is it in your region?
transport class war...
#elonmusk #sabotage #california #highspeedrail #hyperloop #vaporware #classwar #publictransport
Schau dir "The 10th European Tramdriver Championship" auf YouTube an https://www.youtube.com/live/GMI7UaJMwWs?feature=share
This is fun!
#tram #publicTransport
Regional buss fairs will go up 40% from January 1st.
But one can buy a 30 euro card to have the unit price back to what it was before. It means one need to make at least 50 trips per year for it to be worth it.
And the card is not valid for any discounts either, just single fair ticket price to pay €1.50 instead of €2.10.
And "solidarity" cards that would give massive discount is now has a cut off income level of 700 euro per month instead of 1250 that is now, the discount is also cut by introducing a new Solidarity+ card that is available to those making less than €500 per month.
People voting conservative here in south of France will get what they asked for.
BYD K6 Electric Minibuses Being Piloted In Kenya’s Matatu Industry
Small 14- to 35-seater minibus taxis, known as matatus, play a major role in providing transport services for urban commutes in Kenya. Estimates put Kenya’s minibus and bus fleet at just over 100,000 vehicles. Matatu is Swahili for the number three. It is believed the name stuck from the 1970s when the fare was 3p.
With emissions from the transport sector accounting for a huge chunk of the pollution in large cities such as Nairobi, the adoption of electric buses is bound to have a significant impact in reducing emission levels. The electric BYD K6 minibus, which has seating capacity of around 20 or so passengers and with a range of about 250 miles in city driving, is a candidate to slot in perfectly into this ecosystem.
Kenya’s grid is already very clean, with a whopping 92.3% of the locally generated electricity coming from renewables A lot of this capacity is available during the night.
See https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/09/byd-k6-minibuses-being-piloted-in-kenyas-matatu-industry/
#environment #EV #Kenya #publictransport #Africa
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End the ban on public ownership of buses now!
Just signed Weownit's petition:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/end-the-ban-on-public-ownership-of-buses-now
@WeOwnIt [unofficial]
I'm in #London where #bus services are at least controlled by the local authority, even though they are operated by private businesses.
But of course we're not going to get serious modal shift by simply dangling the carrot of improved #publictransport unless we also use the stick of significant financial and practical disincentives to private motoring.
Can't be repeated often enough. Now that masks are everywhere, making #eyecontact with strangers on public transport or on the street is.. markedly different, a non-indifferent thing. Or so I experience it at times. Certainly its different from the beforetimes.
(Sign seen on public transport in Manchester in 2018.)