Public transport should be free.
This post is brought to you by the announced 8.7% increase of train ticket prices in the Netherlands.
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@terts Ach, now you made me read comments on Treinreiziger.nl again.
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@partim Now you made me read them as well! My sincerest apologies.
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@terts the transportation cost is 7 billions euros a year! Do you realize how much is it?
It is not even 20% of the 37.5 billions euros of the tax benefit for oil product.
I really wonder how the Netherlands or any country could pay for free transportation.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/657192/operating-costs-of-prorail-netherlands-by-type-of-maintenance/
https://www.tni.org/en/nl-a-welfare-state-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry
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@terts Tallinn in Estonia has free fare. It was nation wide until recently apparently
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFRQbb6g2E
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@Damax That's very cool! Thanks!
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