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We all need to get around, and especially when we choose greener forms of mobility it shouldn’t cost the world! 🚋 🚉 🚌 In a new report released today, Greenpeace analysed the ticketing systems of 30 European countries and capitals according to their simplicity and affordability. Several EU countries such as Germany, Spain, Austria, and Hungary have recently introduced early forms of ‘climate tickets’. Several cities like Madrid, Brussels and Riga also made local public transport tickets cheaper – with amazing effects! These tickets have eased the financial burden on consumers amid high inflation and sharply rising energy costs. They led to a decrease in car usage, fewer traffic jams, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Measures such as Spain’s free and discounted train travel have empowered socially disadvantaged groups like senior citizens, low-income families and refugees to meet their mobility needs. We need to make public transport affordable everywhere by issuing climat...

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