Servais (il/lui)Public transport use soars in Montpellier a year after becoming free
BestBouclettesItS Not FreE, YoU StIlL HaVe tO pAy fOR iT sOmeHOw.
Yeah no shit, that’s exactly what taxes are for. Providing services to the masses, not giving handouts to the richest.
I wonder who do they think that pays for car infrastructure (gas stations, roads, road patches, gas subsidies, etc.)
Gas Stations pay for themselves. Otherwise its also tax based.
Still completely free public transport is not a good idea instead of investing in a high quality offering. (Higher Frequencies, Better Vehicles, more dense network). Because People usually take the car because it is more convenient, its always more expensive than public transport.
And in the past, free offerings have just diminished people walking or taking the bicycle, but no shift Car>Public Transit
Oh, so there is one thing it doesn’t help with (do you have a source on that? In Europe plz) according to you, so it’s all bad.
Typical propagandist angle.
You mean Like in Tallin, Estonia?
news.err.ee/…/audit-report-free-county-public-tra…
Or with the 9€ Ticket in Germany?
diw.de/…/9-euro-ticket_hat_menschen_nicht_nachhal…
The Countries with a high Share of Public Transport in the Modal Split like Switzerland have one Thing in Common, an extremely dense, Frequent and reliable public Transport System. The price isn’t Just that important,
Just because someone has a different opinion than you, doesn’t make it “Propagandist”
Audit report: Free county public transport has not fulfilled goals
A report by the National Audit Office finds that free public transport in Estonia's countries has not reached its goal to reduce car journeys, organization differs by counties and costs have risen significantly.
Or with the 9€ Ticket in Germany?
Well, of course a ticket, that was limited to three months did not have a lasting effect on car usage. No one would sell their car and switch to public transport because of such a short, temporary price reduction. Even the follow up ticket (costing 49€ currently) is only guaranteed for a year at a time, then the government has to discuss funding again with the federal states. To have people switch from cars completely, it has to be a long term alternative.
But even if only some trips are now done with public transport instead of car, it is still an improvement.
I agree with you, that a good quality is also important, but I don’t think it will happen, if the financing for improving the quality has to be primarily via ticket pricing.