Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free(theguardian.com)
theguardian.com
Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/05/luxembourg-to-become-first-country-to-make-all-public-transport-free
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Just for reference Luxembourg is about the same population as Minneapolis.
'Free' could open up new problems. For example, what about the homeless who decide sleeping on a bus all night is better than the street?
'Free' or 'Unlimited' services can quickly find a small proportion of users use far more than a regular amount of the service, often for no big-picture economic gain.
'Free' or 'Unlimited' services can quickly find a small proportion of users use far more than a regular amount of the service, often for no big-picture economic gain.
> 'Free' or 'Unlimited' services can quickly find a small proportion of users use far more than a regular amount of the service, often for no big-picture economic gain.
Pretty much any place that has public transport also has "unlimited" plans, so if there were horror stories related to those, I guess we would know. Maybe you have something concrete to share.
As for the homeless... sure. But to solve that, just solve homelessness and you will have fed two birds with one scone!
Pretty much any place that has public transport also has "unlimited" plans, so if there were horror stories related to those, I guess we would know. Maybe you have something concrete to share.
As for the homeless... sure. But to solve that, just solve homelessness and you will have fed two birds with one scone!
Homeless people sleeping on warm buses seems better than homeless people sleeping on the streets?
cool. is that like one bus line?
Also I think free buses potentially means you can design buses for very quick entry/exit.