Fares continue to rise in Irkutsk. The rise in prices occurs not only in the
transport sector, but also in all others. At the very least, people have toscrape the bottom of the barrel in order to survive, while well-fed andwell-lived politicians and owners of industries and companies are fattening. ----We believe that transportation should be free and publicly owned and controlled.How might it look? ---- If, instead of the Irkutsk administration, theself-government of communes and committees worked in the city, then the entireIrkutsk fleet could be transferred to the disposal of the Transport Committee.---- Specialists and volunteers work in the mentioned Transport Committee.Responsible positions, which provide for a certain measure of power anddecision-making, are changing and withdrawable at any time.Part of the funds needed to maintain the fleet, including the provision ofdrivers, can be covered by money spent on officials and on useless purchases. Therest of the money can be collected through donations. If not completely free,free-price travel can be one source of funding for transport.Now the city budget spends about 600 million rubles a year to support municipaltransport enterprises. With a change in the transport system that will lead tothe fact that private enterprises drop out of the equation, and transport goesunder public control, plus a possible revision of the city budget (imagine howmuch money is being cut on this now), we can say that such a system haseverything chances of doing well. Thus, travel will be free or at a voluntaryprice. If a need arises that is not solved in the above scheme, it will bepossible to involve the public in voluntary and diverse support for urban transport.The movement of transport would take place along the same routes that arefamiliar to us. Urban transport management can take place on the initiative ofthe public and the Transport Committee, within the framework of publicself-government mechanisms - open people's gatherings and meetings, feedback,working groups, withdrawn responsible positions, direct election with animperative mandate.In case you thought we were crazy and talking nonsense:An example of 9 cities with free public transportIn general about free public transportThe circuit we describe is just an example. Specifically, our proposal andexamples have their limits.Without major changes in the economy and political structure of society, suchindividual changes will not last long. And the precedents of the 9 cities that wementioned, for the most part, are not examples of people's control over publictransport, but rather show a different scheme of government.And yet, we believe that raising fares is a bad thing.We encourage everyone to imagine that our society can change, that we can havemore control over our own lives. The discussion about how to organize publictransport is just an example. Reality makes adjustments to our ideas - but themost important thing here is that we offer real people's self-government.Transport is just one aspect of our lives that we need to take control of.Do not be afraid to dream, think and imagine another world - it is achievable,and in some places on the planet this other world is already happening: forexample, here and here. While we say to ourselves "it's impossible", somewherethe impossible is already becoming a reality. It depends on us whether we willfight for the society we want to see.https://avtonom.org/freenews/v-irkutske-povyshayut-cenu-za-proezd-kommentariy-irkutskih-anarhistok_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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