Seniors need public transit

Senior Mobility: "Transportation is a top need of older adults, and their transit use is increasing. One of every five persons over 65 is a non-driver. AARP reports that 'Although older adults' predominant means of travel continues to be their personal vehicles, transit use by people age 65+, as a share of all trips they take, increased by a remarkable 40% between 2001 and 2009;' In 2009, older adults took more than 1 billion trips on public transportation. Most Americans are going to live for a number of years after they cease driving, so the challenge of to meet the special transportation needs of these frail older people (85+) continues. Specialized transportation is the only feasible mode for frail older persons, other than getting rides from others. They will often need travel escorts and door-to-door and door-through door assistance so that they can continue to live independently in their own homes and connected to their communities. Lost mobility jeopardizes not only the physical and emotional health of the individual who may feel a sense of loss and dependency but also the quality of their community." CTAA

Brave unionists fight phony "fiscal-crisis"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137235970

After robbing the taxpayers, the banks and billionaires are going after pensions. Meanwhile oil and autosprawl subsidies continue apace, and public transit is cut back. The time is now to fight back.

Buses are preventing auto apocalypse

UK Commission discovers that car culture is unfair to the poor - duh!

Great New Resource for the Carfree Movement: "Not only do vulnerable groups travel less than other people, they carry a greater burden of the costs of other people’s travel. In other words they are both ‘less travelled’ and ‘travelled-upon’. The impacts they experience can be severe: chronic air pollution and noise, traffic danger, higher rates of injury and crime.

Road traffic is responsible for the great majority of these impacts. The UK is one of the most car-dependent countries in Europe. The distance travelled on our roads has increased tenfold since 1950. Many services are now based on the assumption that users will access them by car. People who do not drive or cannot afford to drive find themselves increasingly trapped in a car-dependent world, unable to participate in the benefits, but forced to endure its costs."

Public transit saves money in so many ways - Infrastructurist

With gas prices near $3.50 and rising, the American Public Transportation Association took the opportunity to calculate how much Americans can save by switching to public transportation. Based on fuel costs of March 4, 2011, those savings average out to $9,904 a year — or about $825 a month. The biggest potential gains await residents of these ten cities:

The Infrastructurist

Trenton Rally against Koch attack - #uncloakkoch

http://www.moveon.org/wearewi/

Driving is a Distraction Period - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Driving is a Distraction Period - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com: FocusDriven.com: 'An estimated 1.4 million, 23% of motor vehicle crashes, involve drivers using cell phones.'
...The next stage of human civilization could include the development in the United States of an economy beyond oil and cars that goes beyond green and is able to return our nation to a position of real leadership in the world....

Stephen C. Rose