Barcelona Offers Free Transit to Residents Who Ditch Their Cars – Guardian
What other innovative public schemes are out there that encourage a decrease in car dependence?
There have been questions in the past about traditional Cash for Clunkers initiatives—programs that provide a cash incentive to scrap an old, polluting car and replace it with something more fuel-efficient. While the general concept might make some sense, both the Return On Investment and the environmental benefit can be hard to quantify, especially once the embodied carbon of building new cars is taken into account.