I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change reasons

Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by icebraining on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:12AM (#20083229)

25€ is not dirt cheap, unless you're planning on taking 4+ trips on a single day. In Belgium, a prepaid ticket for 10 rides, each from/to any station in the country, costs just 75€ (valid for one year).

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Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by magduf on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:29PM (#20085038)

As an American, 25 Euros is absolutely dirt cheap. We can't travel between nearby cities for anywhere near that cheap here.

The 75 Euro deal sounds really cheap too.

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Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by icebraining on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:53PM (#20085330)

According to the Amtrak site, you can go from NYC to Washington DC for $53. That's more expensive, but not tremendously so.

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Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by magduf on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:39PM (#20086621)

I've looked for fares like that and never see them at convenient times. At 4AM 3 months from now, sure. That's not convenient.

I tried planning out a weekend trip from DC (where I live) to NYC on Amtrak, and I couldn't make it work. The goal was to travel to NYC without flying, and without having to take time off from work (I work normal 9-5ish, flex hours). The only way to get fares cheaper than by airline is to take the train at 5AM or so. But the train station is downtown; I can't get downtown in time to catch the train by Metro (subway), because the Metro doesn't run that early. So I'd have to take a Lyft/Uber, which is expensive. If I go at a more convenient hour, the rates shoot way up, so it's more expensive than flying.

Sure, I could take a day or two off from work, but that defeats the point. If I wanted to travel between Frankfurt and Munich on a weekend without taking time off from work, or between Tokyo and Osaka, I could do it more cheaply and easily than DC-NYC.

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Re:I've stopped flying to conferences for climate change rea... by j605 on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:36AM (#20083507)

I guess the issue is more for intercountry rail travel.

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