Public transportation should be free - debate

Funding free transport for those people who commute for example would help to keep cities free of smog, and make them safer places to be. If you take for example the number of cars which travel towards the downtown area of major metropolitan areas on any given day with only one occupant, the wastage of fuel and the pollution this causes tells us that it is common sense to fight waste by investment in something worthwhile...Helium

Stop NJ Transit Fare Hike

Increasing fares is bad public policy that creates severe hardship for millions of people in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Fare hikes will raise already high costs of living for thousands of transit riders and discourage people from using mass transit altogether. Fare hikes are likely to congest our roads, pollute our environment, and make New Jersey a considerably less desirable place to live and work. stopnjtransitfarehike

Banks get bailed out -- NJ Transit riders get fare hikes and service cuts

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...More than 100 people packed a public hearing Thursday night and more waited downstairs, all protesting fare hikes and service cuts proposed to help cut a $300 million budget gap.
"Why make a bad situation worse by cutting train and bus service?" said John Pritchard of Plainfield. ... wcbstv