Here is the translation, it is not 100% identical but I tried my best. 🤣
„Title: Authorization for alternative minibuses to get home safely at night.
Text: On Sunday, November 13th, it happened to me that I arrived very late at the Luxembourg central station after a school trip with the university. When I got there at (about midnight) all the buses, even the tram, had stopped running.
I didn’t have anyone to pick me up and because of the trip I didn’t have any money to call a taxi. It was getting very late and out of desperation I still asked all the taxis if they could take me home without paying but for safety reasons, which is 15 minutes from the train station if you drive there by car. Nevertheless, all the taxis refused and said the same thing: “Luxembourg city is one of the safest cities in the world.” or “You can also walk home, there are cameras everywhere, nothing will happen.” , although the reported events of the said the opposite in recent months. Especially because I was a woman traveling at this time, it was particularly dangerous for me to walk home alone, which is why I was amazed by the statements. I was lucky that two friendly police officers took me home after I asked them to.
Still, it’s certainly not the first or the last time something like this has happened. It’s amazing how little empathy some people have for those who need protection when they are able to give it to them.
That’s why I came up with the idea of stationing minibuses at the main station every day at night, from at least 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (until the time when public transport is running again). For those who are coming from a long journey, for example, and/or have no alternative to come home late. The so-called “night buses” would drive in some central places in the capital district, such as in the direction of “Bonnevoie”/”Gasperich”/”Hesperange”/”Howald”, “Beggen”/”Hamilius”/”Strassen”/”Belair”, etc D
The buses would be financed either by the state or by the private individuals themselves with a kind of subscription card (max. €3-5/month, for example).
After we have collected at least 2500=< signatures, we will send this petition to the “Chambre des députées” so that we can get a change to this measure!
Don’t forget to share this petition with family and friends! Thanks!“
Change.org doesn’t do anything…
The service has been existing for decades: [Nightrider](https://www.nightrider.lu/en/booking). You have tons of taxi that you can book through an app (even if you don’t have cash on hand). During the day, you can use CallABus.
BTW A petition of change(dot)org is worth nothing. An official petition takes 4,500 signatures from people in the register of natural persons in order to be debated.
PS: There’s an easy solution to the problem, you are describing, if none of the above work. Get into the taxi, drive home, tell driver that you need to grab cash/card whatever from inside your home and pay the driver (with a generous tip for the inconvenience caused).
PS2: And while I understand you feeling insecure walking through the streets at night alone, I also understand that a taxi driver – who earns money by driving around people – doesn’t want to give people rides for free. Always make sure to arrange for onward travel on public holidays/during the night.
A few pointers:
This is a municipal issue, not a state issue
Change.org is worthless, do an official petition on the chd site
It‘s >4500 signatures to get a debate
Taxis and nightrider exist
3-5€ a month is an utopic price for a service that runs on idle drivers waiting for customers.
I’d rather prefer if the taxi sector would finally be liberalized and not have this monopoly or cartel situation we are in. How can it be that in LITERALLY every country in the world Uber, Yandex etc work well and are cheap, while here in Luxembourg you have to spend a fucking fortune to just move some meters. That should get fixed BUT as alway Luxembourg prefers to stay conservative in these issues where it should ACTUALLY be progressive, but for other things we must be virtue signalling all around the world so that Brussels can tell us ‘good boy’.
I think in the fb groups (e.g. expats) you can probably find someone usually to help in this case.
What I don’t get is why the author didn’t check in something like Mobiliteit what transportation option there will be remaining if they arrive at night.
Instead of this BS, Luxembourg should allow Uber! I understand that the Taxi cartels are trying to prevent it but if the government wants us to drive less car we need an affordable and practical alternative to public transport to bridge the gaps in the public transport timetable (and routes).
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Here‘s the link : https://www.change.org/p/genehmigung-für-alternative-minibusse-um-nachts-sicher-nachhause-zu-kommen?recruiter=1286192022&recruited_by_id=6816a5d0-668d-11ed-8bbf-593ca6cae8aa&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_medium=copylink
Here is the translation, it is not 100% identical but I tried my best. 🤣
„Title: Authorization for alternative minibuses to get home safely at night.
Text: On Sunday, November 13th, it happened to me that I arrived very late at the Luxembourg central station after a school trip with the university. When I got there at (about midnight) all the buses, even the tram, had stopped running.
I didn’t have anyone to pick me up and because of the trip I didn’t have any money to call a taxi. It was getting very late and out of desperation I still asked all the taxis if they could take me home without paying but for safety reasons, which is 15 minutes from the train station if you drive there by car. Nevertheless, all the taxis refused and said the same thing: “Luxembourg city is one of the safest cities in the world.” or “You can also walk home, there are cameras everywhere, nothing will happen.” , although the reported events of the said the opposite in recent months. Especially because I was a woman traveling at this time, it was particularly dangerous for me to walk home alone, which is why I was amazed by the statements. I was lucky that two friendly police officers took me home after I asked them to.
Still, it’s certainly not the first or the last time something like this has happened. It’s amazing how little empathy some people have for those who need protection when they are able to give it to them.
That’s why I came up with the idea of stationing minibuses at the main station every day at night, from at least 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (until the time when public transport is running again). For those who are coming from a long journey, for example, and/or have no alternative to come home late. The so-called “night buses” would drive in some central places in the capital district, such as in the direction of “Bonnevoie”/”Gasperich”/”Hesperange”/”Howald”, “Beggen”/”Hamilius”/”Strassen”/”Belair”, etc D
The buses would be financed either by the state or by the private individuals themselves with a kind of subscription card (max. €3-5/month, for example).
After we have collected at least 2500=< signatures, we will send this petition to the “Chambre des députées” so that we can get a change to this measure!
Don’t forget to share this petition with family and friends! Thanks!“
Change.org doesn’t do anything…
The service has been existing for decades: [Nightrider](https://www.nightrider.lu/en/booking). You have tons of taxi that you can book through an app (even if you don’t have cash on hand). During the day, you can use CallABus.
BTW A petition of change(dot)org is worth nothing. An official petition takes 4,500 signatures from people in the register of natural persons in order to be debated.
PS: There’s an easy solution to the problem, you are describing, if none of the above work. Get into the taxi, drive home, tell driver that you need to grab cash/card whatever from inside your home and pay the driver (with a generous tip for the inconvenience caused).
PS2: And while I understand you feeling insecure walking through the streets at night alone, I also understand that a taxi driver – who earns money by driving around people – doesn’t want to give people rides for free. Always make sure to arrange for onward travel on public holidays/during the night.
A few pointers:
This is a municipal issue, not a state issue
Change.org is worthless, do an official petition on the chd site
It‘s >4500 signatures to get a debate
Taxis and nightrider exist
3-5€ a month is an utopic price for a service that runs on idle drivers waiting for customers.
I’d rather prefer if the taxi sector would finally be liberalized and not have this monopoly or cartel situation we are in. How can it be that in LITERALLY every country in the world Uber, Yandex etc work well and are cheap, while here in Luxembourg you have to spend a fucking fortune to just move some meters. That should get fixed BUT as alway Luxembourg prefers to stay conservative in these issues where it should ACTUALLY be progressive, but for other things we must be virtue signalling all around the world so that Brussels can tell us ‘good boy’.
I think in the fb groups (e.g. expats) you can probably find someone usually to help in this case.
What I don’t get is why the author didn’t check in something like Mobiliteit what transportation option there will be remaining if they arrive at night.
Instead of this BS, Luxembourg should allow Uber! I understand that the Taxi cartels are trying to prevent it but if the government wants us to drive less car we need an affordable and practical alternative to public transport to bridge the gaps in the public transport timetable (and routes).