TRANSPORT PUBLIC GRATUIT POUR TOUS AU LUXEMBOURG<\/p>\n\t
February 29th, 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/li> Read it in 2 min<\/p><\/li> Cliquez ici pour \u00e9couter<\/p><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t From 1st March 2020 Luxembourg will become the first country to make all public transport free: no more tickets on trains, trams and buses for residents, cross-border workers and tourists. An initiative about sustainability, urbanisation and social inclusion.<\/p>\n\t The state of Luxembourg will prioritise the environment and end traffic congestion from 1st of March 2020 with its new initiative<\/a>: bus, tram and train journeys will be free of charge (except for first class). The move will be beneficial not only for the 602000 residents, but also for the 175000 cross-border workers and the 1.2 million annual tourists. Luxembourg is not the first implementing this solution: for example, the town of Tallinn (Estonia) introduced free public transport in 2013 with the aim to reduce congestion and to support low earners.<\/p>\t\n\t The free public transport initiative is not only about sustainability and urbanization, it is also a social measure: Luxembourg, has one of the highest<\/a> average annual salaries among the OECD countries, but 13% of workers and 9.3% of pensioners are at risk of poverty<\/a>. This initiative is part of a broader social legislation the government is willing to introduce, like raising minimum wage, adjusting pension and increasing financial aid for higher education.<\/p>\t\n\t For sure persuading car drivers to leave their vehicle at home and jump on board of public transports will be a difficult challenge: many people in fact perceive it as inconvenient.\u00a0That’s why the government plans to invest in transport infrastructure with Modu 2.0<\/a>, its new mobility strategy. The idea is to improve public transports through modernisation and improved connections to increase network capacity by 20% by 2025.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From 1st March 2020 Luxembourg will become the first country to make all public transport free: no more tickets on trains, trams and buses for residents, cross-border workers and tourists. An initiative about sustainability, urbanisation and social inclusion.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[101],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/h4>
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\n\t\t\t\tWhat is the initiative about?\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tWhat about social inclusion?\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tWho will choose the public transport over a car?\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t