"I'm puzzled when people say the Swiss have good transportation because they're rich. It has nothing to do with that. They're still using trams from 1970. They restore them every 7 years. Making do is part of the culture. If you're using trams for 50 years, that's a hell of a savings."
βNorman Garrick
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Garrick, who lives in #ZΓΌrich, is right. Here's what you see inside the #10 tram I rode to Central: this tram was introduced in 2009, then refitted in 2015 and 2022.
The point is, in #Switzerland, novelty for its own sake isn't a virtue...
They invest in quality, and make it last. That's something the rest of the world could learn from.
I take a look at how #Switzerland revolutionized its transport system, and how that benefits all citizens, in this HIGH SPEED dispatch:
@straphanger And the other notable part: much of the rail infrastructure was created before the country became prosperous (small private Bahnen that were later consolidated into what we have today). The whole itβs-because-they-are-rich, small, and homogenous myth needs to die.
(I live here for 13 years.)
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Pavel A. Samsonov