Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a single ticket for 1095 EUR/y

Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by lbriner on Thursday September 30, 2021 @11:27AM (#28707469)

Just remembered another consideration. When Ken Livingstone introduced free transport for school age children in order to remove cars from the school run, it simply meant a load more children who would have traditionally walked or cycled didn't need to because the bus was free.

Commuters were angry as anything that they couldn't get on the buses any more that were picked with children.

Societies are very different around the world and I'm not sure how much this is factored into ideas that could work really well in some places and not so much in others.

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Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday September 30, 2021 @04:05PM (#28710686)

I lived in London when Livingstone did that, and I do not recall that being the reaction of commuters. The afternoon school "rush" doesn't really overlap with commute hours either. Lots and lots of kids in London had travel passes at that time anyway, because the UK has never had a separate school bus system.

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Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by smtm on Friday October 01, 2021 @02:59AM (#28715488)

The alternative: They get delivered by their parents in the fat SUV, congesting curbsides in front of schools.

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