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Public transport use soars in Montpellier a year after becoming free (www.euronews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

ItS Not FreE, YoU StIlL HaVe tO pAy fOR iT sOmeHOw.

Yeah no shit, that's exactly what taxes are for. Providing services to the masses, not giving handouts to the richest.

[–] Elrecoal19 51 points 1 week ago (15 children)

I wonder who do they think that pays for car infrastructure (gas stations, roads, road patches, gas subsidies, etc.)

[+] [email protected] -17 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Gas Stations pay for themselves. Otherwise its also tax based.

Still completely free public transport is not a good idea instead of investing in a high quality offering. (Higher Frequencies, Better Vehicles, more dense network). Because People usually take the car because it is more convenient, its always more expensive than public transport.

And in the past, free offerings have just diminished people walking or taking the bicycle, but no shift Car>Public Transit

[–] MirthfulAlembic 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not so sure about gas stations. It seems the government too often has to step in to fund remediation of the soil and safe disposal of the underground fuel tanks when they close. The gas stations never want to pay for the inevitable cleanup in advance because it would be too expensive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Old stations that is true but new stations have complex systems of tank within tankes to ensure leaks are contained and the stations pay for that.

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