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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.
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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Free Public Transport is Launched Across Estonia
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 25 2018, @05:05AM
Gas, parking and oversize vehicles need to become much more expensive. There was a time when vehicles were getting smaller but now the trend is to make them heavy and wide as an F150 truck and rumble out low frequencies. Totally destroys the ambiance of the neighborhood and damages roads to the 4th power of weight. Not to mention poses more risk to cyclists. Places like California should be trimming roads down and eliminating street parking to create dedicated bike lanes. I would make 75% of my journeys by (electric) bike if it was safer.
Instead, consumers are buying double-wide SUVs and cities accommodate them by adding/widening car lanes. Los Angeles is essentially a collection of islands with 6 lane rivers of traffic criss-crossing it. You live on your small island because it's such a pain in the ass trying to cross the river in any direction.