Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by PlunderBunny on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:36PM (#41822877)

You see the same thing in Hong Kong - the rail company practically creates new towns when they add a new station or extend a rail line.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by Discordian93 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:35PM (#41823314)

I was under the impression Hong Kong was one big urban area already, is there really empty land new towns can be built on?

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by mkl on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:56PM (#41823453)

Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong#Geography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_towns_of_Hong_Kong.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by verall on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:52PM (#41823420)

Most of the new territories is not highly developed. Kowloon and hk island are both entirely urban.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by FabHK on Saturday October 12, 2024 @09:31PM (#41824405)

You can be smack in the middle of Central, and then walk up a path behind the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and be on Old Peak Road hiking up to Victoria Peak. Or be in Wan Chai, take the stairs next to the Rolls Royce car dealer, and be on Bowen Road Fitness Trail and in Aberdeen Park within minutes.

HK island, New Territories, the outer islands and even large parts of Kowloon are predominantly green, parks and forests.

As GP mentioned, occasionally the subway operator MTR will build a new station, build a shopping mall on top, and housing for 50,000 people.

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