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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/germany-s-ultra-cheap-train-ticket-saved-1-8-million-tons-of-co2>
"Germany’s three-month experiment with super-cheap public transport reduced
carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to powering about 350,000 homes for a year.
The 9-euro ($9) monthly ticket, which allows nationwide travel on regional
trains, subways, trams and buses, prevented 1.8 million tons of CO2 because
commuters didn’t use their cars as much, according to the VDV public-transport
lobby.
The ticket, which took effect in June and runs out at the end of this month, is
meant to help soften the blow from inflation in Europe’s biggest economy amid a
surge in energy and fuel prices sparked by the war in Ukraine. While there are
concerns over financing the ticket and strains on the transport network,
several German politicians want the subsidy extended in some form.
“We must find a convincing follow-up solution for a nationwide local transport
ticket to continue to relieve the citizens who depend on it in times of rising
prices and costs,” Petra Berg, environment and mobility minister in the western
state of Saarland, said in a statement.
Some 52 million of the tickets have been sold, with one in ten buyers ditching
at least one of their daily auto trips, the VDV said. The group cited the
results of a government-commissioned survey of 78,000 people it conducted with
Deutsche Bahn AG and polling institutes Forsa and RC Research.
Despite the positive fallout from the 9-euro ticket, Germany’s transport sector
has been blamed for falling short of environmental targets by some 3 million
tons CO2 last year, adding pressure on the government to find more ways to trim
emissions."
Via Christoph S, who wrote "But the finance minister has direct connections to
Porsche, and as long as Porsche does not produce trains or buses there won’t be
a successor"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
