• teolan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes. The price of a subscription for unlimited public transport in Paris and the surrounding areas is more than 80€/month. So if such a pass were to actually offer all public transport it would be a huge net loss since all Parisian would switch to it and start paying much less.

    On the other hand public transportation subscriptions in smaller cities is much much less expensive, so for non Parisians this may not be worth that much.

    Not sure how that would play out regarding redistribution of wealth.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, that’s exactly what happened in Germany. Instead of 110€ for local and regional trains in Stuttgart, I pay 49€ for local and regional trains in all of Germany.

      The ticket is immensely subsidized by the government. The transport agencies are basically compensated for these losses.