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A comment on Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail. Parent comment

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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