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 moffkalast on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:42PM (#41822926)

Well it's not just a carbon credit, it also provides subsidized public transport to everyone, reduces congestion, improves city air and likely cuts road deaths. Arguably tax dollars extremely well spent.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by tourmalinetaco on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:13PM (#41823177)

Except that due to this cheaper ticket congestion on trains is horrible and since the infrastructure is poorly maintained it’s quite common to be late by 1-2 hours while being packed in a sardine tin.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by wkat4242 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:33PM (#41823716)

That's a matter of train infrastructure and frequency keeping up with demand. There's a big lag there. You don't just buy 100 new trains overnight. It's a symptom of ramping up. Not of high usage.

I live in Barcelona and here the metro comes every 2-3 minutes. Even during the night it might be 7 minutes. This helps so much with congestion but also trip planning: no need to check train times before you go. Id imagine busy routes in Germany could do similar.

The big benefit of this is also not needing a car. Not having to worry about maintenance, write-off, finding parking and the cost thereof, summer and winter tyres, damage, no-claim bonus, travelling while having drunk, going back from a different place than you arrived. It's so incredibly more convenient than having a car. All at a flat rate of 21€ here.I hope never having to need one again.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by intellix on Saturday October 12, 2024 @10:59PM (#41824825)

€21.35 for a T-Usual card which allows unlimited travel on all public transport for 30 days, yet you still have people in here kicking and screaming to use their car and roads

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by wkat4242 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @02:58PM (#41830574)

Yeah this is true but it's a minority. And some people come from outside the city where it's more understandable.

I think Ada Colau did really great pedestrianising streets like Consell de Cent, unfortunately Collboni doesn't seem to care as much.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by okr on Sunday October 13, 2024 @05:58AM (#41826609)

Thats the end goal of the leftist dreamworld. Make everyone equal, so that everything becomes more shittier. We need to educate more!

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