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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: 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!!!

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  • (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!