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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 nkmnz on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:21AM (#41825896)
Can you estimate the additional happiness brought by trains?
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by jona-f on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:59AM (#41826054)
No, but we can look at the amount of misery, that is prevented by not using cars. Traffic jams, pollution, accidents, waste of resources,... The difference is so huge, we don't need to put a number on it. Public transport might be unpleasant for the individual, but is clearly very much better for everyone than using cars.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by withinboredom on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:24AM (#41826173)
> Public transport might be unpleasant for the individual

Where is this true?

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by chgs on Sunday October 13, 2024 @06:29AM (#41826800)
When it’s overcrowded, typically caused by policies such as work from office.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by withinboredom on Monday October 14, 2024 @08:31AM (#41836905)
At least here, that only happens the day after holidays.
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