Jon Worth on Nostr: Montpellier is making its trams and buses free... ... but for residents only The ...
Montpellier is making its trams and buses free...
... but for residents only
The exact same way Tallinn did it
This means you KEEP the expense of maintaining a ticketing system, AND you reduce the income for your system
AND Montpellier has now banned taking a bike on the tram as a result
Oh and whether completely free public transport even is a good idea... is questionable, as this npub1gpz7jffh3jl5kgwqcjfcsp5q59z0kqdpnpk2fyejgzpr9kf52fuq72jp3c (npub1gpz…jp3c) blog post explains:
https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/transports/2023/12/21/la-gratuite-des-transports-une-fausse-bonne-idee/
... but for residents only
The exact same way Tallinn did it
This means you KEEP the expense of maintaining a ticketing system, AND you reduce the income for your system
AND Montpellier has now banned taking a bike on the tram as a result
Oh and whether completely free public transport even is a good idea... is questionable, as this npub1gpz7jffh3jl5kgwqcjfcsp5q59z0kqdpnpk2fyejgzpr9kf52fuq72jp3c (npub1gpz…jp3c) blog post explains:
https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/transports/2023/12/21/la-gratuite-des-transports-une-fausse-bonne-idee/