Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free

Re:Luxembourg to become first country to make all public tra... by londons_explore on Thursday December 06, 2018 @07:57AM (#18617617)

'Free' could open up new problems. For example, what about the homeless who decide sleeping on a bus all night is better than the street?

'Free' or 'Unlimited' services can quickly find a small proportion of users use far more than a regular amount of the service, often for no big-picture economic gain.

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Re:Luxembourg to become first country to make all public tra... by tom_mellior on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:03AM (#18619150)

> 'Free' or 'Unlimited' services can quickly find a small proportion of users use far more than a regular amount of the service, often for no big-picture economic gain.

Pretty much any place that has public transport also has "unlimited" plans, so if there were horror stories related to those, I guess we would know. Maybe you have something concrete to share.

As for the homeless... sure. But to solve that, just solve homelessness and you will have fed two birds with one scone!

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Re:Luxembourg to become first country to make all public tra... by robin_reala on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:07AM (#18654774)

Homeless people sleeping on warm buses seems better than homeless people sleeping on the streets?

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