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Free Public Transport is Launched Across Estonia

posted by martyb on Thursday May 24 2018, @08:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-price-is-right dept.

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http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/21/free-public-transport-across-estonia

Estonia is set to implement free transport for its residents across much of the country as of July 1. The free fare zone will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/05/estonia-will-roll-out-free-public-transit-nationwide/560648/

Estonia is already a world leader in free public transit: In 2013, all public transit in its capital, Tallinn, became free to local residents (but not tourists or other visitors, even those from other parts of the country). The new national free-ride scheme will extend this model even further, making all state-run bus travel in rural municipalities free and extending cost-free transit out from the capital into other regions.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:50AM (3 children)

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Thursday May 24 2018, @11:50AM (#683503) Journal

    But if they didn't charge foreigners they'd open themselves up to "travel tourism". People would fly in to Estonia just to use the free public transport rather than paying for local travel in their own country.

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  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday May 24 2018, @03:41PM (2 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday May 24 2018, @03:41PM (#683592) Homepage Journal

    You're being facetious. But tourism is a very serious problem. As someone who's been very very successful in the hotel industry, I know more about it than anyone. Let me tell you, Amsterdam is having big problems with tourists. They're getting overrun by beer bikes. But what can they do? They're not a Country, they're just a city. Estonia, it's different. They're a Country now -- used to be part of Russia, they were doing great as part of Russia. And so many Estonians are Russian. I think there are as many Russians in Estonia as there are Crooked Hillary supporters in America. As a percent. Believe me, they'd love for Estonia to rejoin Russia. And we'd save so much money on that (NATO). Believe me. But right now they're a Country. If they're getting too many tourists, they could do a travel ban. Like we did. We were having big problems with the tourists. The San Bernardino shooting. I said, let's do a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. And it's working beautifully. No more Muslim shootings!!!

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @08:44PM (#683743)

      How to spot a fake: Trump using the word "facetious"? Ha!