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9€ or 49€ makes a huge difference. 1. For unemployed people and people in low wage jobs, 40€/month is a lot of money, and many will not be able to afford this
by h4kor 3y ago
9€ or 49€ makes a huge difference.
1. For unemployed people and people in low wage jobs, 40€/month is a lot of money, and many will not be able to afford this ticket. Meaning they have to stick to single tickets, whenever it is unavoidable or use other means of transportation.
2. During the 3 month of the 9€ ticket, we saw a huge increase in travels to surrounding areas of cities. Anecdotally, there are stories of bakeries, cafes, bars at the edge of the city who saw an significant increase in customers because the barrier to visit them was lower to virtually zero. People just visited different parts of their city, or other cities because it was now affordable for them.
3. 9€ is a price where you don't think about buying anything else. The first trip you take, you buy this ticket (even on the last day of the month). This massively simplifies traveling by bus and train. 49€ is something you only spend if you know that there will be multiple trips in the month. This combined with the subscription based model, makes the current ticket far less attractive than the previous 9€ ticket.
- JanSt 3y agoWe germans love to criticize even huge improvements, don‘t we? 49€ is dead cheap for that ticket.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoIt does feel rather surreal, indeed.
- morelisp 3y ago100€ just for one/two Länder would've been a huge improvement for most people I know. It can be a huge improvement but we can still demand better.
- h4kor 3y agoThe discussion for this ticket started with 9€ so it's fair to compare the result to what they set out to achieve. 9€ would have been a revolution of public transportation. A major step to achieve the emission goals of ministry of transportation, which it utterly fails at and can't even come up with a strategy how to achieve any reductions. 49€ is nice for everyone already using public transportation on a regular basis, but will not induce a significant change in transportation method used, which is desperately needed.
- dathinab 3y agoThe 2nd point is misleading as a major part of this effect was likely due to the novelty of the 9€ ticket and it being "only available for a short time" and the COVID lockdowns which had happened before. I.e. it was a "I want to get out" effect combined with a "if I don't do it now I will miss out" effect.