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minus-squaretenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoThat’s how it is in a lot of places in Europe, i think anywhere outside of the bigger cities. The bus routes where i live in Germany are all once an hour. Gets less often at night on weekends, but we still pay for them.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoWe pay for them with taxes and tickets (which prices does include more taxes) and we get a joke of public transit in return.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoand they are mostly used by people, who kind of have to.
That’s how it is in a lot of places in Europe, i think anywhere outside of the bigger cities. The bus routes where i live in Germany are all once an hour. Gets less often at night on weekends, but we still pay for them.
We pay for them with taxes and tickets (which prices does include more taxes) and we get a joke of public transit in return.
and they are mostly used by people, who kind of have to.