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Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by ben_w on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @07:01PM (#39761215)
> In fact, I can commute faster than some people living _in_ the city.

I've noticed a similar thing here in Berlin with some of the surrounding commuter towns.

I certainly hope the Deutschlandticket stays at the current price; but you're right, it will still be good value even if the price goes up — even the more expensive BVG ABC ticket is still only around 1/5th the price of a UK Cambridge-London season ticket.

Unfortunately, the UK does not have particularly good train service any more, thanks to cuts made in the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts

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Re:The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to... by fmobus on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @07:36PM (#39761452)
My hope is that the political cost of cutting the Deutschlandticket (as in, let it go back to the previous situation) would be too high, so governments will find a way of making it fit in the budget and only bump the price a little.

As context, for people not in Germany: each transportation region sets their own prices, but the new (nationally subsided) €49 ticket is already cheaper than monthlies in most places. This is good and convenient for people living in downtown, but it is a godsend for people living in suburbs, because their distance-based monthlies were sometimes two or three times that. For people living in the edge of a region and commuting to another, it was even worse, as they needed tickets from both regions.

I believe the equivalent "legacy" ticket on Deutsche Bahn (all regional transport free) was something like €212/month. €49 is one hell of a deal.

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