One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per month

Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by badpun on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:49PM (#35033216)

I'm not so sure about that. The subsidies that a functioning public transport requires every year are massive as well. I wouldn't be surprised if they exceeded the cost of extra infrastructure (roads, parking etc.) required by private cars.

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Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by louwrentius on Monday March 06, 2023 @02:16PM (#35046170)

Public transport would obviously need much less space and would be much more efficient. It’s the car sprawl that is unsustainable in every way.

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Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by badpun on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @03:26PM (#35060714)

In a dense city centers? Probably. Everywhere else? I'm not so sure. An average person will is bothered by wait times longer than 10 minutes and wants the stop to be within 5-7 minutes from their door. So, you'd have to run a bus/tram every 10 minutes through a ton of sleepy suburbs, which may not even see a car every 10 minutes. It's just not rational.

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