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What is
it?
Why we need 90% cuts
Personal stories
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What
is it?
90% for 90% is a call for a 90% cut in UK public transport
fares, to make public transport affordable, to start making
changes that bring the 90% cut in greenhouse gases needed
to halt climate change. Carrying a '90% for 90%' card, those
who support the call will ask public transport workers and
other passengers to join in. Some 90% for 90%ers refuse to
pay more than 10%; some show the card in support of the call;
some leaflet other passengers.
Four
ways you can support the campaign:
1) Download and copy the 90% leaflet and distribute it widely
to everyone you know.Leaflet all the passengers on the next
train you take.
2) Download / send of for copies of the 90% for 90% card.
Use it yourself to demand a fair fare.
3) Even if you have a full price ticket or a season ticket,
keep the 90% card in your wallet and show it to the ticket
collector - explain why you support the campaign. share your
experiences with us so we can paste them on this site.
4) Meet up with public transport workers in your area - most
unions will have regular branch meetings which you could attend.
Invite them to join the call for 90% cuts for 90% cuts."Body
text
Get the card. Show the card.
Alternatively, for £3.50
you can receive a pack of 50 cards and one leaflet 'top copy'
for photocopying. Send a cheque / postal order payable to
'Rising Tide' to: 90% for 90%, c/o Manchester Earth First!
Box 29, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester, M4 7HS.
Why
we need 90% cuts
Some experts are calling for 60-80% cuts in
greenhouse gas emissions, but these would only stabilise greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere at today's levels. Given the time
lag between emitting greenhouse gases and seeing the consequences
(the weather we get today was cooked up over 100 years ago),
we actually need to cut emissions by 90% in order to get the
atmosphere back to pre-industrial levels.
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information
Personal
stories
If
you are 90%ing it, you can share your experiences with other
90%ers right here. Here's the latest:
Train Company: First
Northwest
Month:
July
We went camping near Windermere from
Manchester and took a print out of the card and information
from the website with us on the train. On the first train
out of Manchester, we found seats on a quiet train and waited
for the guard to come round. He was a friendly man, seemed
interested in what we had to say, and said he'd go and ask
someone else what he should do and would get back to us...
He also wished us good luck getting to Windermere. He passed
by us several other times in the journey checking peoples
tickets and said nothing further to us! Our tickets were
not checked on the next two trains. On the way back from
Windermere, we again waited for the guard to come by and
explained the situation to him, showing him the leaflet.
He told us that he did not have the authority to let us
pay only 10% of the fare, and since we would not pay the
full fare he asked if we could leave the train... however,
he told us to leave the train at Oxenholme (which was ideal
to get back to Manchester) and not at Kendal (which was,
in fact, the next stop). Two couples sat near us heard our
discussion with the guard and asked to see the leaflet.
Unfortunately we were not overly prepared and only had one
tatty and badly printed copy so could not let them keep
it. They were very interested in what we were doing and
noted the website address. Once again, our tickets were
not checked on the next two trains. Next time I'd definitely
go more prepared, with copies of the leaflet and 90% for
90% card to hand out to others on the train.
For
more 90% card stories: Destination
Anywhere - personal experiences of getting the card and showing
the guard
Legal
What
is the legal situation for people who refuse to pay all their
fare? Check out the legal
briefing.
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