“Flat-rate train ticket reduced Germany’s transport emissions by 5% in first year.”
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It's kind of incredible how the NYC subway/bus system is one fare and it takes you to the furthest reaches of the city
Possible downer correlation, but at the same time Germany and DB (their national provider) has been really sliding in on time performance.
What drove me to look for this info was a recent trip to Germany. Our trains were consistently late, and local Germans had nothing good to say about DB (although were very nice in helping us navigate alt routes). People talked of things getting better in 2030.
Not sure of my point, other than to just note that free lunches seem to be few and far between in climate work.
Developing on what Kirk mentioned: I've been living in Germany for the last few months, after last living here 8 years ago. The Deutschland Ticket is great because I can buy one ticket that covers my regional subway / tram / commuter rail network AND longer regional trains.
However, at the same time, I now rent cars much more frequently than I did years ago, because the long haul trains are in crisis. They are consistently late -- 30 minutes to 2 hours late, in recent experience. If you manage to get on one, chances are that they've decided not to run half the train that day, so you've lost your seat reservation. Or even if the full train is running, there may be only one working washroom on the whole train. It's not reliable, and most people I know here just drive the long stretches now when they might have taken the train before.
The Deutschland Ticket is a good step, but they need to work on the rest of the system as well (they know this...lots of handwringing, few real solutions).
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