Remember Captain Commuter – Rebecca Turner? Annoyed at poor public transport,  she set up shityrail.info in around 2004 and activated a grassroots movement. I can’t remember what her call to action was – boycott buses on a particular day? – but it got the attention of our politicians, and lots of press.

Social Media Asia

Singapore has a similiar revolt going on. Bernard Chan, a student, has set up National Petition for Fairer Transport Fares for students.

Hub and spoke network

Bernard Chan set up a hub – a website (wordpress blog at petition4fairtransport.org )  and the spoke is mostly Facebook. There is also on the ground activities around asking people to sign a “real world” petition.

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I’ve been writing a bit lately about politics. Not here, not the sort of thing suitable for a blog. I’ve even dug up my old Plato’s Republic and played around with creating a virtual world called n00bopolis. Well, enough silliness… But I do want to call your attention to a USalone.com. Its a ceasefire request where you are given internet tools to “call for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon”. INSTANT LOCAL DISTRICT PHONE NUMBER LOOKUP FORM:You can get the direct dial numbers and fax numbers for all your members of Congress right down to the district level by clicking on Continue Reading…

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