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I am in Switzerland, public transport ticket is $3500 a year for one person. We are 2 and a dog. It's kinda sad, but a car is the WAY cheaper option for us.
by herbst 2y ago
I am in Switzerland, public transport ticket is $3500 a year for one person. We are 2 and a dog.
It's kinda sad, but a car is the WAY cheaper option for us.
- mike_hearn 2y agoWhich ticket do you mean? If you're thinking of an adult GA it's actually now ~$4,700/yr :( But, an adult GA is a premium ticket. That buys you unlimited travel on the entire network for a year. Not many travel patterns need that. If you just buy tickets as you need them and especially combined with a Halbtax it's not so bad. Where the crossover between car ownership and using public transport for everything occurs is going to depend a lot on your specific travel patterns and what kind of car you compare to.
- herbst 2y agoThat's a lot more than I remember, but doesn't surprise :) You are right tho. If I would live near a bus station that has more than 3 rides a day (which 98% of all Swiss do, rough estimate) I would probably just use a halbtax and a Region specific subscription. But if I use regular SBB tickets for like 10-15 short trips a year you are already getting closer to the GA. Depends on your patterns :)
- mike_hearn 2y agoHmm what do you define as a short trip? 10 trips/yr at $4700/yr would be $470 per trip, I don't even know how to spend that much by crossing the country: Zurich to Geneva Airport without a halbtax is $114 CHF.