Germany has just completed a 3 month trial that offered unlimited trips on public transportation for one low fare.
On June 1, Germany initiated a program that allowed people a month of unlimited travel on regional train networks, trams, and buses for just €9. The 90-day program was designed to help people struggling with increases in the cost of living due to higher energy prices by allowing them to leave their cars at home and take public transportation instead. A total of 52 million tickets were sold during the 90 trial period, 20% to people who do not normally use public transportation.
Of course, €9 doesn’t come anywhere close to paying the actual cost of a month of unlimited journeys on public transportation, but it does result in income of €468 million. According to the Germany federal environment agency, the environmental damage resulting from one ton of CO2 emissions is worth about €180, which means the value of those avoided emissions was £324 million. Add those two sums together and Germany realized a total economic benefit of €792 million during the 3-month period.
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