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G_j

(40,366 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:03 PM Dec 2018

Luxembourg set to make all public transport free

Grand Duchy already offers free trains and buses to young people and over-60s

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/luxembourg-free-trains-public-transport-trams-buses-when-a8668496.html

Luxembourg is set to become the first country in the world to abolish all fares on public transport.

A new coalition government is taking office in the Grand Duchy with the promise of abolishing tickets on trains, trams and buses next summer.

At present fares are capped at a low level: €2 for up to two hours of travel, which in the small nation covers almost any journey.

Luxembourg’s area is 999 square miles, almost the same as Oxfordshire.

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Luxembourg set to make all public transport free (Original Post) G_j Dec 2018 OP

As a senior that has to pay $65.00 a month for a darned bus pass, I like this idea pecosbob Dec 2018 #1

Seriously? What location? That amount is outrageous. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #6

Las Vegas pecosbob Dec 2018 #7

THAT is the kind of thing that could balance a fuel tax and reduce economic impact jberryhill Dec 2018 #2

As long as there is public transit then yes. mwooldri Dec 2018 #3

Transit is free in Chapel Hill, NC unc70 Dec 2018 #4

That's as it ought to be. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #5

pecosbob

(7,533 posts)

1. As a senior that has to pay $65.00 a month for a darned bus pass, I like this idea

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:05 PM

Dec 2018

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

6. Seriously? What location? That amount is outrageous. nt

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 10:52 PM

Dec 2018

pecosbob

(7,533 posts)

7. Las Vegas

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 10:55 PM

Dec 2018

Truthfully you do get a fifty percent discount at sixty or for vets. The Strip buses are extra.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. THAT is the kind of thing that could balance a fuel tax and reduce economic impact

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:08 PM

Dec 2018

mwooldri

(10,299 posts)

3. As long as there is public transit then yes.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:31 PM

Dec 2018

It doesn't matter how cheap the public transit is if the bus only runs on Tuesdays and Fridays.

unc70

(6,109 posts)

4. Transit is free in Chapel Hill, NC

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:42 PM

Dec 2018

The Transit buses are free in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. Nothing quite as extensive as Luxembourg, but until the last few years we had been the largest fare-free system in world.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)

5. That's as it ought to be.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 10:14 PM

Dec 2018

I know any number of cities offer free or reduced public transit fares to seniors, and that's nice. My city, Santa Fe, only charges 50 cents per ride for those over 60, instead of a dollar. High school students with ID travel for free, I think.

A friend of mine lives near Pittsburgh and seniors there ride for free.

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