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 jermaustin1 on Thursday September 30, 2021 @12:02PM (#28707884)

But the public transit lines would already be running, you are just hopping on a bus that is already going to be spewing some climate change gasses. Adding a car for a small trip would be detrimental because that car isn't already on the road spewing.

NOW you are correct though, better for all would be for people to walk to their local shops and stuff and only grab transit when they need to go beyond the 2-4 mile radius that is considered walkable, and that would pull some of the public transit off the road/rails.

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Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by Jenda_ on Thursday September 30, 2021 @08:44PM (#28713098)

> But the public transit lines would already be running, you are just hopping on a bus that is already going to be spewing some climate change gasses.

At least in Prague, they put more buses on the line, use larger buses, use streetcars with two cars, and they even build new underground lines (very expensive) in directions where the capacity of buses is not enough. So no, by hopping on a bus "that is already going", you are contributing to this.

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