Three Assembly bills for various versions of #freepublictransit

• Assembly Bill 1350, Free Youth Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez: would require transit agencies to offer free youth transit passes to any rider age 18 years or under in order to be eligible for state funding.
• Assembly Bill 2176, Free Student Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden: would require transit agencies to provide free transit passes for community college and university students of public institutions state-wide in order to be eligible for state funding.
• Assembly Bill 2012, Free Senior Transit Passes, authored by Assemblymember Kansen Chu: would require transit agencies to provide free transit passes to any rider over 65 years of age in order to be eligible for state funding.

https://www.ccair.org/free-transit-for-young-and-old-a-good-idea-is-coming-of-age-in-the-legislature/ 

UCSD -- faculty task force calls for #freepublictransit

• Make public transportation free for UCSD faculty, staff and students, while incentivizing carpooling and bus use.
• Work with the Metropolitan Transit System to create express bus service to and from neighborhoods that are filled with university workers. UCSD is one of the county’s largest employers.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-02/ucsd-faculty-scold-the-university-over-its-climate-change-response 

RainForest Alliance supports #freepublictransit

Well done #Luxembourg!! 👏👏👏 Free public transport is a great way to help people to lower their daily #carbonfootprint. https://t.co/ysiJQae8du

— Rainforest Alliance (@RnfrstAlliance) March 2, 2020