Transports en commun: 88% des Québécois veulent plus d'investissements

National: "Les Québécois sont quasi unanimes à penser qu'il faut investir davantage dans les transports en commun, y compris ceux qui ne les utilisent pas. Selon un sondage CROP réalisé pour le compte de l'Association du transport urbain du Québec (ATUQ) en janvier dernier, 88% des répondants, usagers ou non, ont estimé qu'il était «assez» ou «très» important de mettre plus d'argent dans ces services."

Should be no surprise, #tarsand cancer threat underestimated

Oil sands development in Northern Alberta(Credit: Christopher Kolaczan/Shutterstock)

Salon.com: "Its impact on the environment and climate change aside — something that environmentalists say was at once acknowledged and yet underestimated by the State Department’s impact report — the Keystone XL pipeline has been linked to a potential human health risk. According to a study released Monday, the Canadian government critically underestimated emissions of a carcinogenic toxin from the country’s oil sands."

Advocates argue free transit benefits us all

Georgia Straight, Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly: "DAVE OLSEN HAS an idea for how to get Metro Vancouver voters engaged in a transit referendum.

Let’s talk about a system where everyone rides free, the environmental consultant suggests.

After all, except for the tolled Golden Ears and Port Mann bridges, roads are free. Yet like transit, car-oriented infrastructure is paid for with tax dollars, noted the former Vancouver resident, who is based on Lasqueti Island.

“Transit is the only mode of transportation that really has a toll,” Olsen told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview. “You can drive anywhere you want for free. And you can bike anywhere you want. And walk anywhere you want.”"

Oil companies struggle to make a buck since peak of cheap oil in 2005

Why turning a buck isn't easy anymore for oil's biggest players - The Globe and Mail: "The reason for such stagnant market performance comes down to the cost of both discovering new oil reserves and getting it out of the ground. According to the International Energy Agency’s 2013 World Energy Outlook, global exploration spending has increased by 180 per cent since 2000, while global oil supplies have risen by only 14 per cent. That’s a pretty low batting average.

Shell’s quest for new reserves has seen it pump billions into money-devouring plays such as its Athabasca Oil Sands Project in northern Alberta and the Kashagan oilfield, a deeply troubled project in Kazakhstan. It has even tried deep water drilling in the high Arctic. That attempt ended when the stormy waters of the Chukchi Sea crippled its Kulluk drilling platform, forcing the company to pull up stakes."



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More Crude Oil Spilled on rail in 2013 Than Previous Four Decades Combined

The Contributor: "More crude oil spilled from train accidents in 2013 alone than in the previous four decades combined—an alarming number reported by McClatchy News on Monday that points towards a drastic shift in the highly toxic, yet growing, crude oil business to rail transport."

Why #carsharing and #bikesharing are a step in the right direction

Car sharing companies are growing. With public transit and bike sharing, car sharing allows people to live without owning a car.

The auto system is a very complex system that is uneconomic. In other words, it cannot afford to provide its service for the amount that people can afford to pay. Consequently it survives with heavy subsidy. Justifying the subsidy requires that the system have critical mass -- that it is seen as the "only" way to move people.

Car sharing depresses demand for new cars. This weakens one part of the complex system, creating a need for more subsidy. Eventually critical mass will be lost and the subsidy will be seen as a burden instead of necessity.

Could you have written this post? Yes, of course you could. Economics is not difficult, it is just full of disinformation. Contact fpteditors at gmail dot com and become a freetransit blogger.

Public transit is the solution to traffic problems

NPD du Canada: "“We must do something to reduce traffic, and public transit is the logical response to an economic and environmental problem,” said Stéphane Moraille, the NDP’s candidate in Bourassa. “It’s not normal that a worker in Bourassa who lives in downtown Montreal has to spend more than an hour in transit to get to work.”"

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Projet Montreal - call for #freetransit was a big electoral success

marxist.com : "Another key plank that should be highlighted in Projet Montreal’s election platform is the call for free public transportation.  During the municipal election in 2009, in Plateau-Mont-Royal, the local campaign went further than the central campaign wished. Rumours circulated that activists had been told by the Projet Montreal head office not to bring up the demand for free public transportation, although it is in the party program. In Plateau-Mont-Royal, the campaign centred on this demand, even going so far as to distribute fliers shaped like metro passes that advertised it to every home in the borough. The result is undeniable proof that promises that have a real effect on the living conditions of workers are effective. Projet Montreal captured every single borough council seat, every single city council seat, and the borough mayoralty in the Plateau. The major part of the party’s gains in the election came precisely from Plateau-Mont-Royal and their platform of free public transportation. And, all of this has to be put into the context that prior to the election, Projet Montreal only held one seat across the island of Montreal."

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Study finds need for public transportation in Victoria County

Cape Breton Post: "The report studied public transit options as part of the Victoria County Age Friendly Advisory Committee, a group looking into healthy active aging aspects in the county.

Accessible transportation was identified as a concern for many area residents."

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Example of RCMP #falseflag #provocateurs and how black bloc makes it easy for them

RCMP had own cars burned by collaborator at #elsipogtog

Have you noticed there seems to be little interest by the RCMP and the corporate media to investigate how a military operation facing unarmed people could leave five vehicles unattended long enough for someone to set all five on fire and get away completely? With all that military technology? You may rest assured that one of two things will happen. A "perpetrator" will be found who will profess support for the indigenous cause, or no one will be "found" and the incident will be forgotten, the photos having served their purpose of providing and excuse to use violence.

Does this look like a cowboy who would leave the horses unattended?

Most likely the collaborator was someone who has been associated with #idlenomore and is in trouble with the law like this person: https://twitter.com/PerJa_7/status/391074090687021056/photo/1 you can read more about him here and here.

Rexton, N.B., Courageous opposition to #fracking

Globalnews.ca: "The protesters are trying to stop shale gas exploration in Kent County N.B., and remain in place despite a heavy police presence."

Pipeline of tax money flowing to oil companies

The Common Sense Canadian: "... Ottawa is using tax dollars to subsidize things that Enbridge should be doing at its own expense – like $78 million for bitumen-specific marine spill studies. Add to that another $42 million to develop improved weather monitoring systems for the rugged north and central coast waters which tankers would transit if Northern Gateway goes ahead.

Federal monies for such core elements of Enbridge’s National Energy Board application amount to a government hand-out, says Weaver:

This is another example of federal money being used to essentially subsidize industry, and industry’s inability to actually provide effective response to marine dilbit (bitumen) oil spills because the tools don’t exist."

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Candidate for Green Party leader in PQ is #freetransit advocate

Alex Tyrrell

My Ideas | Alex Tyrrell | Uniting the DMP: "The free transport is one of the best ways to fight against air pollution and climate change. A well-funded and non-tariff transport system will encourage greater use and we will significantly reduce the number of vehicles on the road passengers.

Free transit will allow us to:

Reduce the number of vehicles on the road

Eliminate costs associated with the collection of rates and reinvest

Reduce traffic congestion and increase social and economic productivity

Reduce financial pressures on families and low-income citizens

Encourage the use of public transport without penalizing motorists

When we should encourage the use of public transport, the Government of Quebec is quite the opposite and increasing rates of transport. The price of a monthly pass to Montreal has almost doubled in the last ten years. Families, workers and students have a strong need for affordable and effective in order to thrive in our modern society transport.

Free transportation is a concrete that the Quebec government could take now to reduce our oil consumption gesture without forcing people to abandon their cars.

Free transport will also benefit motorists and users of network transport. Hours and hours lost in traffic congestion greatly harm the economy! It is quite time that the Quebec government to take concrete steps to reduce traffic congestion, without expansion of the road network.

The abolition of freight rates would have an impact on the workers who collect these funds. A Green Government will ensure that these workers will be offered associated with the expansion of network positions.

Transit, it is the future.

In financial terms, the STM plans to raise 590 million dollars in transit fares this year. This represents less than half of what the Minister of Transport, Jean-Froincois lysed, reportedly announced on May 6 for only exchangers Decarie, Dorval, and Turcot. Note that free transport is a matter of priority and that remained the need for the expansion of road networks."

En Ville Sans Voiture - 20-Septempter - #freetransit

CJAD Local News: "The AMT organizes En Ville Sans Ma Voiture every year to encourage Montrealers to take public transit.

This year the Quebec Ministry of Transport will be giving away 75 000 two-way transit passes on September 20th.  They'll also be a series of free activities in Victoria Square including a concert from Louis-Jean Cormier, street chalk-drawing workshops with artist Rodsworth and electric bike testing.

For more information about road closures, parking access and free events on September 20, 2013 visit: envillesansmavoiture.com"

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