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 londons_explore on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:49PM (#41822989)

Roads still have far fewer staff per mile than railways, however you measure.

In turn, that makes them cheaper.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by _visgean on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:39PM (#41823744)

Lol, that depends heavily what you consider staff. E.g. look at freight, if you move cargo by trucks you need 1 staff member (sometimes called drivers) per truck. Train on the other hand needs only 2 people per hundreds of meters of train...

Even worse for individual car transport. You need one staff (driver) per vehicle...

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by froddd on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:41PM (#41823359)

Is there a source for this? Is this source heavily context-dependant?

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