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Public Transport Can Be Free

Wojciech K?b?owski — 2019-09-10T09:48:34Z

We don't put coins in street lamps or pay by the minute in public parks. Here's why we can make subway and bus fares a thing of the past.

- IV536 - September 2019 / Estonia, Ecology and the Environment

Steps forward in free access to public transport

Łukasz Ługowski — 2018-10-19T06:15:16Z

Thirty years of neoliberal domination, culminating in the economic crisis that began in 2008, have resulted in the introduction of charges for public service throughout Europe, particularly for education and health services. But this is not the case in all public services. In recent years there has been a renaissance of free public transport, particularly in Eastern Europe. While in Hasselt in Belgium or Colomiers in France - cities that were until recently symbols of the success of free public transport in Western Europe - tickets have been reintroduced as part of the neoliberal trend to charge for services, in the East candidates for local power compete with each other in many cities on the basis of free public transport. Currently, it is possible to travel free of charge in more than 100 cities around the world. And Poland and Estonia are at the forefront in this field.

- IV525 - October 2018 / Estonia, Poland

Free public transport in a European capital!

2013-02-21T13:50:49Z

Since January 1, 2013 in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, a city of 419,830 inhabitants, residents can take the bus, trolleybus or tram for free. Non-residents must still pay for public transport; they just have to obtain, for the price of 2 euros, a special green card, which tourists must recharge when paying, or else buy a ticket from the driver.

- News from around the world / Estonia, Ecosocialism

Conflict in Tallinn after Soviet statue torn down

Ilya Budraitskis — 2007-05-13T17:00:40Z

Russian speaking youth rioted in the Estonian capital after the government ordered a statue commemorating the Red Army torn down. According to "Ilya" the Russian speaking minorities in the Baltic are mainly poor and excluded.

- IV389 - May 2007 / Estonia

Scandals and demagogy

2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since independence in 1992, Estonia has been subjected to a brutal capitalist restoration and ultra-neoliberal policies. The main political parties do not differ on the main issues (the economy, foreign policy, joining NATO and the EU).

- IV360/1 - Autumn 2004 / Estonia