>but in the city trips consume a lot of money I'm a big proponent of affordable public transport, but I don't understand the benefit of gratuity. As far as I

>but in the city trips consume a lot of money I'm a big proponent of affordable public transport, but I don't understand the benefit of gratuity. As far as I know, the threats of the ongoing biodiversity collapse are bigger threat than that of climate change (see https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/climate/biodiversity-collapse-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/climate/biodiversity-coll...). It's crucial to both increase density (to limit urban sprawl, which requires that people travel less) and leave the individual ICE car area. Gratuity of public transport incentivizes taking the bus/train, but it also removes the cost barrier of long-distance transport when deciding where to live and work. If it costs the same to commute: 1. 15 min by foot from work if you live in a small flat 2. 40 min by public transport if you enjoy in a nice little home We may get more people in buses but we'll eat the Earth faster. Destroying/framgmenting natural habitats will have to bear a market cost, or we must put a hard limit to urban sprawling (which ends up having the same impact on people's finance as it will increase the cost of living far from city center).