We need more protests like this

The Dom Post reports:

There were more than a few raised eyebrows on the train from Ngauranga to Wellington today as 40 young people did the morning commute in their underwear.

They were part of a youth environmental group called Generation Zero, which fights for climate change action and intergenerational justice.

Group organiser James Young-Drew, 22, said the stunt was designed to launch their 50:50 campaign, which is protesting the government’s plans to spend $14 billion on highway projects over next decade but not nearly as much on ”smart transport options” such as light rail, buses and cycleways.

“We were aiming to expose the government’s unbalanced transport budget and what better way to do that than by exposing ourselves,” he said.

So the more the Government spends on motorways, the more often they will ride the trains in their underwear.

I think the Government should announce an extra billion for motorways, to ensure the protests are repeated on a weekly basis. This will also result in many more people then taking the train to work so is a win-win 🙂