Dunkirk as a New “Laboratory” for Free Transit

Henri Briche & Maxime Huré & translated by Oliver Waine — 2018-06-29T05:00:00Z

From September 2018, the public transport network in Dunkirk, France, will be free of charge for all users. Henri Briche and Maxime Huré's research into the zero-fare system already in place in the city at weekends affirms the feasibility of a public policy that encourages urban development and benefits working-class populations – but is often decried as being unrealistic and costly. How was this policy forged locally, and what is the current state of the art in fare-free transit in France and

- From the Field / France, public transportation, United States, mobility, transport, free, mass transit, rapid transit, bus, transport policy, Dunkerque, Hauts-de-France, Nord–Pas-de-Calais, Dunkirk, Northern France, fares

Social Norms and Resistance on the City Bus

Sofya Aptekar — 2015-05-05T04:50:00Z

While subways are hailed as the quintessential New York experience, with their own museum, T-shirts, and lore, the city's buses often get forgotten or, worse, imbued with a reputation of lawlessness due to its often poor and minority riders. Sofya Aptekar counters this common myth by showing how social order and morality play out among diverse populations on the buses of Astoria in Queens.
“Only black people take the bus.” This pronouncement came from Levent, one of my students in an adult

- From the Field / public space, ethnicity, public transportation, transport, New York, minorities, mass transit, race, bus, civility, Queens, Astoria, Featured

Metropolitics

Dunkirk as a New “Laboratory” for Free Transit

Social Norms and Resistance on the City Bus