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Australian cities offer free public transport to fill empty seats, ease cost of living pain
(www.straitstimes.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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Free public transportation should be a thing everywhere. And where do you make up the lost revenue? Parking and toll roads.
Getting more people to use public or active transportation saves money for municipalities vs. spending it on new car infrastructure and upkeep.
The savings might even be so significant you won't even have to find a way to replace the lost revenue.
Eventually, you won't.
But if you're fleshing out the active transportation network adding more capacity to public transportation, you'll need money from somewhere.
It's so doable, yet spending millions on "one more lane" seems to always be the default, as if that's the best (or only) option. 🤷♂️