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Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by barbazoo on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:20PM (#28708740)
> For some reason, public transport is always priced in a way that makes it really expensive for occassional usage. If you go everday, then an annual pass is a good value.

At €1.32/l for gas in Vienna and 10l/100km this trip would cost you €63 in gas alone with an ICE car. This doesn't account for wear and wasted time so it's actually not that unreasonable at all and actually pretty cheap if you're going by yourself. With a family, I agree, it's more expensive. Although I'm starting to see the appeal that traveling by train has with a family, being able to walk around, entertain the kids more easily, etc.

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Re:Klimaticket: All public transport in Austria with a singl... by soco on Friday October 01, 2021 @03:58AM (#28715818)
I (used to) do commuting by train, one hour door to door, and 45 minutes out of that was pure work time - reading emails and newsletters and doing documentation and such. If I did that ride by car, I would have to stay at work 1.5 hours more. How should I quantify this?
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