90% For 90%

A group from Manchester boarded a train to Blackpool last month carrying ‘90% for 90%’ cards and a stack of leaflets. They explained to the guard that passengers were no longer happy just moaning and waiting for something to be done about the state of public transport. Cards and leaflets were distributed, the idea being to pay no more than 10% or show the card in solidarity with the call for a 90% reduction in fares to bring about the 90% cut in greenhouse gases needed to halt climate change. No ticketcheck took place and passenger response was great, many wishing they hadn’t already bought tickets. On the return journey one passenger used his card on the spot as he hadn’t bought a ticket and the guard nodded and walked on; he was over the moon!

90% for 90%,
c/o Manchester Earth First!
Box 29, 22a Beswick Street
Manchester, M4 7HS.