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Anecdote: I use the free (9€ is close enough to „free“) trains every week since the ticket was introduced two month ago. The trains are more crowded than befor
by _Microft 4y ago
Anecdote: I use the free (9€ is close enough to „free“) trains every week since the ticket was introduced two month ago. The trains are more crowded than before but I never experienced anything like the problems you mentioned.
- pelasaco 4y agoImportant to note: I'm not just mentioning: I'm linking to the facts. You have them daily https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/bahn-zugausfaelle-krankenstand-neun-euro-ticket-100.html https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/bahn-zugausfaelle-krankensta..., in any media. 9€ for you, €2.5 billion+ for us. That's the most expensive "almost" free thing. I'm not against trains, I'm not against bikes. I'm against the government doing populism and burning our money like that.
- _Microft 4y ago> I'm not just mentioning: I'm linking to the facts. Well, my experience is also fact. I use trains every week now, I have visited half a dozen cities with this ticket and used local public transportation there. It's crowded but otherwise fine. Just because these experiences aren't reported on the news does not make them less real. > 9€ for you, €2.5 billion+ for us. "us" does a lot of lifting here because "us" is literally millions of people (including I). This statement also compares costs of a ticket for a single month with the total subsidization over three months. > I'm against the government doing populism and burning our money like that. I think we have to agree to disagree here. I think it is money spent well.