Because number of bus lines is not directly correlated with number of people.
And it does not mean public transport is good
And actually, making it free is not the most effective way to get more people to use public transport. By charging an optimal price to users we’d be able to direct that investment back in the service and improve it further. It’s not as flashy as being the first country to make it free though.
Luxembourg might have 400 free bus routes, but you’re still screwed when you live in a small town with 5 bus lines and only 3 of them are functioning.
Because we put more value on providing a public service instead of privatization and being profitable.
I’d happily pay for a more frequent service that went to more places. Imagine low much more desirable living in the north would be with frequent reliable trains into the city.
As a public transport only user, I love it here. I go from a train to a bus to the tram and I can get almost everywhere. Living without public transit is expensive and a traffic nightmare.
The only sad thing is that busses are not frequent during Sundays :/
And somehow they are still not able to have good public transportation.
Especially since the reform it has become worse. A few years ago it wasn’t a big problem to take a bus from a bigger village in the east/west/north and this bus would drive trough Lux City too. So you didn’t have to take another Bus or the tram.
Now nearly all of them have their last Station at kirchberg, or maybe badanstalt with some luck. Others have their first and last station in Lux City at the gare.
People who take the train every day or live in Lux City aren’t aware of this, but now people like me lose up to 30minutes because of it.
Why get rid of the busses? Get rid of the cars in the city lol. Create big P+R around the City and in most bigger villages with direct and good connections. It’s really not that hard.
Yeah some cars would still drive to the next P+R but this would still mean a lot less CO2 and a lot less traffic.
And CFL and TICE pls get rid of your busses, I’m only 1,9m but its pure torture to take the bus, my back hurts every day because I can’t sit straight in those busses.
The fares themselves only covered a small part of the cost of the transport system. Making it free made it a little more expensive but easier to use. It also subsidies lower income households as transportation would be a higher proportion of their costs.
A lot more people would participate in the network if they could get to places faster and more comfortably and they would be more willing to pay more for it.
The problem with letting the free market decide what transport to supply is that it favours the popular routes and neglects unprofitable ones.
and yet you need 2 hrs from the north to the centre
That sounds like something socialists would want.
Never going to happen because freedom.
Because the oil lobby and the Koch brothers lobby Washington to kill public transit.
I love the Luxo transport system ! It’s fcking awesome and Free!
Try living in a slightly remote village and you will feel the pain of our amazing free public transport. Can’t remember how many times a bus did not come at all when I was trying to get to work and then I had to wait for the next one and barely made it on time. It is free but it has been an unreliable mess for decades. I guess since it is free we at least we should not complain about it anymore, maybe that was the the whole reason behind it. xD
As an American (although not from RI) living in Luxembourg I think I can shed a little light on this. Americans are stubbornly independent and would much rather drive autonomously to their destination then rely on public transportation which can be subject to delays, cancellations, etc. Being able to drive exactly where you want and when you want is a luxury that most Americans are not willing to part with. If there was truly robust demand for greater transportation infrastructure, the free market would provide it without government needing to get involved
We’re famous you guys
Because money.
Because Rhode Island has nowhere near the money Luxembourg has
It’s sad to see how Luxembourg city fills up with commuter cars in the morning, during lunch time and in the evening. I don’t dare to bike in the center as there are not many separate bike lanes. And walking and breath in the exhaust fumes is no fun.
shit… I thought Luxemburg was small but not smaller than Rhode Island. The US is huge af
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Because number of bus lines is not directly correlated with number of people.
And it does not mean public transport is good
And actually, making it free is not the most effective way to get more people to use public transport. By charging an optimal price to users we’d be able to direct that investment back in the service and improve it further. It’s not as flashy as being the first country to make it free though.
Luxembourg might have 400 free bus routes, but you’re still screwed when you live in a small town with 5 bus lines and only 3 of them are functioning.
Because we put more value on providing a public service instead of privatization and being profitable.
I’d happily pay for a more frequent service that went to more places. Imagine low much more desirable living in the north would be with frequent reliable trains into the city.
As a public transport only user, I love it here. I go from a train to a bus to the tram and I can get almost everywhere. Living without public transit is expensive and a traffic nightmare.
The only sad thing is that busses are not frequent during Sundays :/
And somehow they are still not able to have good public transportation.
Especially since the reform it has become worse. A few years ago it wasn’t a big problem to take a bus from a bigger village in the east/west/north and this bus would drive trough Lux City too. So you didn’t have to take another Bus or the tram.
Now nearly all of them have their last Station at kirchberg, or maybe badanstalt with some luck. Others have their first and last station in Lux City at the gare.
People who take the train every day or live in Lux City aren’t aware of this, but now people like me lose up to 30minutes because of it.
Why get rid of the busses? Get rid of the cars in the city lol. Create big P+R around the City and in most bigger villages with direct and good connections. It’s really not that hard.
Yeah some cars would still drive to the next P+R but this would still mean a lot less CO2 and a lot less traffic.
And CFL and TICE pls get rid of your busses, I’m only 1,9m but its pure torture to take the bus, my back hurts every day because I can’t sit straight in those busses.
The fares themselves only covered a small part of the cost of the transport system. Making it free made it a little more expensive but easier to use. It also subsidies lower income households as transportation would be a higher proportion of their costs.
A lot more people would participate in the network if they could get to places faster and more comfortably and they would be more willing to pay more for it.
The problem with letting the free market decide what transport to supply is that it favours the popular routes and neglects unprofitable ones.
and yet you need 2 hrs from the north to the centre
That sounds like something socialists would want.
Never going to happen because freedom.
Because the oil lobby and the Koch brothers lobby Washington to kill public transit.
I love the Luxo transport system ! It’s fcking awesome and Free!
Try living in a slightly remote village and you will feel the pain of our amazing free public transport. Can’t remember how many times a bus did not come at all when I was trying to get to work and then I had to wait for the next one and barely made it on time. It is free but it has been an unreliable mess for decades. I guess since it is free we at least we should not complain about it anymore, maybe that was the the whole reason behind it. xD
As an American (although not from RI) living in Luxembourg I think I can shed a little light on this. Americans are stubbornly independent and would much rather drive autonomously to their destination then rely on public transportation which can be subject to delays, cancellations, etc. Being able to drive exactly where you want and when you want is a luxury that most Americans are not willing to part with. If there was truly robust demand for greater transportation infrastructure, the free market would provide it without government needing to get involved
We’re famous you guys
Because money.
Because Rhode Island has nowhere near the money Luxembourg has
It’s sad to see how Luxembourg city fills up with commuter cars in the morning, during lunch time and in the evening. I don’t dare to bike in the center as there are not many separate bike lanes. And walking and breath in the exhaust fumes is no fun.
shit… I thought Luxemburg was small but not smaller than Rhode Island. The US is huge af