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Re:Luxembourg makes all public transport free by mratsim on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:45AM (#22463590)
Luxembourg saves on the barriers/checkpoints/controls that people actually paid for their tickets.

That said, it's a very small country and so the infrastructure cost are very contained. Also it's balance/budget is probably in the positive as well.

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Re:Luxembourg makes all public transport free by ptah on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:56AM (#22463649)
yes it is more like a city. it will be interesting for other cities to see if this works on this scale
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Re:Luxembourg makes all public transport free by jmiskovic on Monday March 02, 2020 @08:58AM (#22464446)
As I recall Estonia has free public transportation for its residents. They started with the capital several years ago and expanded to whole country. I guess it worked out well for them.
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Re:Luxembourg makes all public transport free by yostrovs on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:59AM (#22463969)
It's more like a village.
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