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Germany’s 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail (www.mcc-berlin.net)
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Meanwhile in North America, Canada's VIA is operating on a shoestring and being further threatened ... and in the last 50 years the US has pulled up most of the rails that were installed in the previous century. We're stuck with airplanes, hybrid metro-transit, and what's left of Greyhound. But, hey, we've got a world to police!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're telling me.

The argument that they make is that more ticket sales -> more funding -> better service -> more riders

But honestly they spent so much on enforcement, it eroded the funding argument, and having to pay for €100 tickets every month, paying increased fines, and pass through slow ticket gates erodes the better service argument.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I guess that makes a little sense, but public transport should be an expense, not a business.