01-03-2020, 01:09 PM
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Free public transport
Is this the way to go in our crowded cities?https://www.dw.com/en/luxembourg-mak...ree/a-52582998
01-03-2020, 02:10 PM
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Re: Free public transport
It's the way to go if money is no object and the sole priority is eco-friendliness.Don't see how it's feasible myself.
Aside from the cost to provide the service itself what happens at the loss of revenue from reduced car usage (assuming there are still cars) ....less cars = less road tax, fuel duty and all the other satellite industries such as insurance et al.
02-03-2020, 09:17 PM
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Re: Free public transport
The idea will not work in the UK because unfortunately the UK has a growing number of what people call the 'underclass' and it is very common within the underclass that if something is free then it's open to severe abuse.Public transport in the UK already suffers from a lot of damaged caused by the 'underclass' and it would only get worse if it to become totally free.
Many will also resent having their taxes raised to pay for free public transport because they are in a job where they a) cannot get to work via public transport due to the time of day their employer expects them to start and b) public transport not going anywhere near to the place where they work which results in them requiring a car to get to work but yet still have to pay via their taxes free public transport.
Therefore, for such a system to work in the UK, the whole public transport system would need a complete change from top to bottom which would cost billions to implement. HS2, the high speed train that is supposed to be a high speed rail line that links the north and south is already over £100 billion in costs and that's just ONE rail line. Overhauling the countries complete public transport system to make free public transport feasible could reach into the mega billions, in my opinion.
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