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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: 1) by anubi on Thursday May 24 2018, @01:18PM (3 children)

    by anubi (2828) on Thursday May 24 2018, @01:18PM (#683532) Journal

    Sounds like the same kind of chicanery that went on with the San Francisco area BART system. A lot of people were gaming that one.

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    "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]

  • (Score: 1) by j-beda on Thursday May 24 2018, @01:27PM (2 children)

    by j-beda (6342) on Thursday May 24 2018, @01:27PM (#683535) Homepage

    Vancouver's "Skytrain" system had no gates from 1986 through 2015 or so, and there was actually very little "cheating", but the perception of cheating was pretty high. Studies showed that the losses to the system due to cheaters was maybe x million dollars per year. So they decided to install gates and scanners and all that jazz, to the tune of about 1.5x million dollars per year, plus installation costs (or maybe the yearly costs included amortization of the installation costs - I don't recall).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @03:33PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24 2018, @03:33PM (#683586)

      How much [vancouversun.com] for this guy? [thehill.com]

      • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday May 25 2018, @06:31AM

        by anubi (2828) on Friday May 25 2018, @06:31AM (#683912) Journal

        Interesting... I have great respect for Morgan Freeman.

        Thought he was not only a great actor, but a visionary as well.

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        "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]