"T&E, a transport and clean energy advocacy group, says air travel is artificially cheap mainly because all parts of the sector – from airports through plane manufacturers through to airlines – are subsidised by local, regional, national and EU authorities, while airlines are exempt from paying tax on their fuel and VAT on their tickets."
Deallocating such subsidies from air travel and allocating them to train travel would help. A lot.
Finally found the time to make some 🚂 #statistics for #2022!
It's been a busy year, mainly because I live 576 km away from my partner and 630 km away from my hometown. But also: conferences, visiting friends, and summer holidays!
My #2022 #train summary:
📏 26 913 km
⌛ 221 hours 21 min (equivalent to 9 days 5 hours 21 min)
💸 3341,10 €
🇪🇺 8 countries (FR, DE, UK, BE, IT, ES, CH, AU)
What a year! Curious to see what #2023 will bring!
Martin Jordan
Albert Cardona
Clara Burgard