Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Occupy transportation

  • Last weeks fare strike on the New York City subway wont be the last time Occupy turns its attention to mass transit.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • and Occupy is setting up transportation from Portland to Richland. The April 15 rally is scheduled to start at noon and run until 5 p.m. Last weekend, Dr.
  • (Oregonian)
  • Brooklyn straphangers got free rides on Wednesday morning courtesy of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — or so they thought.
  • (BrooklynPapers.com)
  • Activists thought to be affiliated with Occupy Wall Street on Wednesday chained open as many as 25 subway stations in New York City, inviting commuters to ride without paying fares.
  • (Raw Story)
  • Cycling is a popular mode of transportation in San Francisco, with about 40,000 residents commuting to work regularly by bicycle. Pedestrian traffic is a major mode of transport.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • many from Occupy Wall Street, in conjunction with rank and file workers from the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Amalgamated Transit Union, opened up more than 20 stations across the city for free entry.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • 55 Cool video for Occupy action in Boston on Wednesday re: public transportation. From late Monday Arrests underway in police raid on the OWS building takeover (as SF Commune). Two buses there to take folks away. Police with assault rifle on roof.
  • (Nation)

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