Posted on 05/08/2023 1:12:58 PM PDT by Olog-hai
New analysis by Greenpeace has ranked the affordability of public transport in 30 European countries, concluding that in most places prices are too high.
Apart from Luxembourg and Malta, which have made domestic public transport free, only Austria, Germany and Hungary have introduced relatively affordable nationwide tickets, costing less than €3 per day, according to the data published on Thursday (4 May).
Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Norway scored worst in the ranking, while Dublin, London, Paris and Amsterdam ranked worst in the list of capitals, offering tickets above €2.25 per day. In Amsterdam, for example, the price of a yearly ticket is €1,001. […]
“Affordable public transport is a necessity, but many governments treat it like a luxury good,” said Greenpeace EU transport campaigner Lorelei Limousin. […]
“Governments must introduce simple and affordable ‘climate tickets’ for public transport, to cut people’s bills and to reduce the oil use driving our planet towards climate disaster,” said Limousin and suggests these services could be paid by taxing polluting forms of travel and end tax exemptions for international flights and for aviation fuel. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...
This is horrendous! It should be free. Everything should be free.
Green peas? They still around?
GreenPeace needs to be locked down in place for eternity.
Indeed. For the left anything that is not free is “too expensive.”
They’d have to pay me Big Buck$ to ride “Public” Trans.
just make personal transportation too expensive
thats their usual SOP
"Lorelei Limousin is a trainee with Bellona Europa. She holds a masters degree in European studies, specialized in Lobbying and Civil Society,..."
So here we have some gen z type, "trainee" with a history degree and lobbying, posing as some expert -- on anything -- much less complex international economic matters.
I'm willing to bet that the two places in Europe (Luxemborg and Malta) where it is free also have a low tolerance for derelicts and druggies.
A literal Limousin liberal.
I am gonna agree with them on this.
One can agree with them on cost assessment, but not their “solutions”.
“Apart from Luxembourg and Malta, which have made domestic public transport free, “”
Free?? What does it cost to run the public transport system and who pays that cost?
Exactly. They aren’t going to be operated for free.
“One can agree with them on cost assessment, but not their “solutions”.”
Exactly. I should have said that with my post.
Too expensive for whales? What??
“Austria, Germany and Hungary have introduced relatively affordable nationwide tickets, costing less than €3 per day
Dublin, London, Paris and Amsterdam ranked worst in the list of capitals, offering tickets above €2.25 per day.”
So 3 euros is a good deal and 2.25 is a bad deal?
Weasel language; notice “less than €3 per day” and “above €2.25 per day”. Means something and nothing at the same time.
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