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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @04:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @04:57AM (#683891)

    Well think about it for longer than 2 seconds. Fewer cars on the road means first off less money spent on road maintenance. Then there is less traffic, fewer traffic collisions...less health care costs (from fewer traumatic injuries, and pollution caused illnesses, and less stress from driving). Seems to me the cost of functioning mass transit system is rather small compared to what we have now in the U.S.