>>reporter: jacob alan roberts is head of a delegation from ithaca currently visiting sweden to see how they might implement their own system. he believes prt could provide the kind of super convenient public transport to get americans out of their cars. >>roberts: the triple a just did a study that said on average the cost of owning an automobile is 8-10,000 per year regardless of the model, regardless of the socio-economic status of the owner so i think a lot if public transportation becomes a viable resource in america which it used to be a hundred years ago i think more and more people will be happy to put their car in the garage or become part of car share for those times when they do want to take a drive in the countryside or need a van to go pick up hard ware or something like that. there's a use for those kinds of services. but for the 90% oftrips to just get to and from you're basic every day, you know, routine, public transit works really, really well. >>reporter: once things are up and running, prt's supporters hope that it will demonstrate to the world that podcars are not o

>>reporter: jacob alan roberts is head of a delegation from ithaca currently visiting sweden to see how they might implement their own system. he believes prt could provide the kind of super convenient public transport to get americans out of their cars. >>roberts: the triple a just did a study that said on average the cost of owning an automobile is 8-10,000 per year regardless of the model, regardless of the socio-economic status of the owner so i think a lot if public transportation becomes a viable resource in america which it used to be a hundred years ago i think more and more people will be happy to put their car in the garage or become part of car share for those times when they do want to take a drive in the countryside or need a van to go pick up hard ware or something like that. there's a use for those kinds of services. but for the 90% oftrips to just get to and from you're basic every day, you know, routine, public transit works really, really well. >>reporter: once things are up and running, prt's supporters hope that it will demonstrate to the world that podcars are not o

the ithaca health allies. i signed a contract with patch adams last year.atch adams is a clown doctor, they made a movie about his life starring robin williams. and i convinced patch after some years of lobbying to allow me to start the first patch adams free clinic in his name. and radical enterprise transferring control over health care and health financing. low income neighborhood in philadelphia. the new clinic he built as a solar earth shelter structure on two acres in philadelphia surrounded by orchard and gardens. and in which we teach green skills. it's far more than a clinic. in a city where 200,000 uninsured. i am now launching a website almost ready to go, to the league of uninsured voters. luv. love. the model is tough luv. the mascot, there it is. how timely? is a big part with boxing gloves. and i hope to get into a lot of trouble with his because it's a very in your face. this is not conference panel discussion but necessity and practicability and the financial profitability of universal health coverage. this is like saying get out of the way

he worked hard, attended college on a full college to ithaca.deal with the family crises. devon dropped out of college and went to work to help out. without a bachelor's degree, devon earns minimum wage as associate teacher but pushes on, writing, performing, tutoring, and teaching determined to raise the twiuition so that he can go on. i'm very proud of devon the way he gives back to the community determined to make a positive difference in people's lives and to young people. >> i so, so, so love this story. argie is here with devon and devon's mother. welcome, everybody. i'm already crying. >> i love the connection between you two. argie, you described some of the things that stood out about devon but what was one thing that really sold you? >> i think he has tremendous compassion and love for the arts. he's got phenomenal -- he's got a sleepy way about him on the outside but on the inside is something burning really, really strong and the fact that he does not complain. i said when do you write your lyrics? he said, oh, midnight, i was walkin