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 Ferret7446 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:22PM (#41823232)

There are generally taxes (e.g., car or gas taxes) that cover the costs. I don't know about Germany's situation, but it is not impossible to make that net zero.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by eigenspace on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:31PM (#41823297)

Not even close to net zero in Germany. Do you have any examples of countries where car and gas taxes do actually cover the cost of roads?

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by threeseed on Saturday October 12, 2024 @06:47PM (#41823397)

In Australia, petrol tax raises ~18bn.

Cost of road infrastructure is ~36bn.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by ben-schaaf on Saturday October 12, 2024 @08:19PM (#41824016)

And these comparisons often exclude externalities like carbon emissions, pollution from tires and brakes, road accident costs, noise pollution and the cost of suburban sprawl.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by andrepd on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:32PM (#41823702)

If you would even attempt it to make it net zero you would get truly ungodly amounts of pushback, I don't think you understand how bad it would be. Truly, for those used to a privilege, fairness is an attack.

Furthermore: you have a state of affairs where you are pretty much forced to own and drive a car to e.g. get to work or move around. You make it reflect its true cost making it impossible to afford for anyone except the rich. What now?

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