Comment 108342

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted January 24, 2015 at 11:57:15

The relatively small city of Aubagne in France near Marseille decided to make transit free. Interestingly, the system is actually run by a private company!

http://www.raisethehammer.org/article/24...

This was a radical choice for a city that is fairly right wing. The choice was to see mobility as a right and a way of enhancing the economy by allowing people to easily get to jobs and companies to easily find workers.

One statistic: transit use doubled from 2008 to 2010, far beyond the forecast of 58%!

As other have pointed out municipal roads are free to drivers (they are paid through property taxes) ... transit could be the same.

I am currently reading a book about their experiences:

http://www.babelio.com/livres/Giovannang...

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2015-01-24 11:59:53

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