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Romanian City Gives Free Bus Rides To Passengers Who Read Books Inside
To encourage more people to read on public transportation, I proposed to our mayor Emil Boc that the city not charge passengers who read books. It took me more than a year to make this proposal a reality. Long story short, between the 4th and 7th of June 2015 everyone who “travelled by book” in Cluj-Napoca rode free of charge.
I also do other campaigns with my friends to promote reading, for instance, Bookface. People who have a book on their Facebook profile picture receive discounts in all sorts of places, from book stores to hair salons and even in dental practices. Another action we carry out is on the 23th of April (World Book Day). On this day, people who have a book with them can visit for free the local Botanical Garden.
PS: our biggest challenge now is to persuade Mark Zuckerberg to Book-face his Face-book profile. So keep your fingers crossed.
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I came up with the idea of not charging passengers who read books on public transport
Our mayor posted my proposal on his Facebook page and the feedback was amazing
Finally, after 1 year of constant effort, my idea became a reality
Between the 4th and 7th of June 2015, anyone who read a book on the bus rode for free
I believe that it’s better to promote reading by rewarding those who read, instead of criticising the ones who don’t
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Hithere Itsyou 6 years ago
it's fake. only for the news. me and a friend got a ticket for it. just for the news
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GabrielSocaciu 10 years ago
Nope, only physical books. Imagine the conductor's reaction if you had with you In Search of Lost Time :))) Jokes aside, I'm from Cluj and I haven't seen many people with Kindles in city buses, either because they're expensive or they're not so popular yet.
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ElenaLiviaBradeanu 10 years ago
The guy reading the romanian literature history made me smile. That's one biiig book :-)
DebraBrooksKapellakis 10 years ago
Awesome idea and to reward the ones who do as opposed to criticizing those who don't is a beautiful. My thanks to the Mayor of this city and the citizen who encouraged him to do it.
DanielaBlueMoonBoal 10 years ago
This wouldn't work for me :/ I absolutely love books!!! But reading them while in motion makes me feel so sick :/
DanielAmin 10 years ago
Read a book, any book - great idea and maybe can be promote as EU/US/UNICEF initiative. I think is worth a lot, for future.
AngelaM. 10 years ago
1.) This discriminates against people with motion sickness 2.) Will the driver actually be checking that everyone is reading? 3.) What about Kindles? 4.) How on Earth does having a book in your FB profile picture prove that you read???
LaureluSoarecu 10 years ago
People with motion sickness will get motion sickness regardless if they pay a ticket or not. By all means blow down a fun measure that promotes culture and only took place for a few days because of a small percentage of the population. 2) You have ticket checkers in busses, so no, the driver does not check tickets. 3) Few people use kindles here..too expensive. 4) How does having a physical book on the bus proves that you read?
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EdersonPaivaMelo 10 years ago
maybe it would be a great idea here in the city i live in brazil
Hithere Itsyou 6 years ago
it's fake, i got a ticket for it :) and i`m from the city. fake news, fake city, fake country
Hithere Itsyou 6 years ago
it's fake. only for the news. me and a friend got a ticket for it. just for the news
Load More Replies... GabrielSocaciu 10 years ago
Nope, only physical books. Imagine the conductor's reaction if you had with you In Search of Lost Time :))) Jokes aside, I'm from Cluj and I haven't seen many people with Kindles in city buses, either because they're expensive or they're not so popular yet.
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The guy reading the romanian literature history made me smile. That's one biiig book :-)
DebraBrooksKapellakis 10 years ago
Awesome idea and to reward the ones who do as opposed to criticizing those who don't is a beautiful. My thanks to the Mayor of this city and the citizen who encouraged him to do it.
DanielaBlueMoonBoal 10 years ago
This wouldn't work for me :/ I absolutely love books!!! But reading them while in motion makes me feel so sick :/
DanielAmin 10 years ago
Read a book, any book - great idea and maybe can be promote as EU/US/UNICEF initiative. I think is worth a lot, for future.
AngelaM. 10 years ago
1.) This discriminates against people with motion sickness 2.) Will the driver actually be checking that everyone is reading? 3.) What about Kindles? 4.) How on Earth does having a book in your FB profile picture prove that you read???
LaureluSoarecu 10 years ago
People with motion sickness will get motion sickness regardless if they pay a ticket or not. By all means blow down a fun measure that promotes culture and only took place for a few days because of a small percentage of the population. 2) You have ticket checkers in busses, so no, the driver does not check tickets. 3) Few people use kindles here..too expensive. 4) How does having a physical book on the bus proves that you read?
Load More Replies... EdersonPaivaMelo 10 years ago
maybe it would be a great idea here in the city i live in brazil
Hithere Itsyou 6 years ago
it's fake, i got a ticket for it :) and i`m from the city. fake news, fake city, fake country
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