Post #2770336
2026-04-11 12:31 UTC
@samy@eupolicy.social @BrKloeckner@piaille.fr @burger_jaap@mastodon.social this is classic country vs city thinking. It works in the Netherlands because of population density. There are many areas in France where you’d serve 3 houses and a dog on a bus line taking hours in either direction. Bus routes are essential but you need to be able to make them work or swallow the cost when they don’t.
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@samy@eupolicy.social 2026-04-11 13:01
@dianshuo@mstdn.io @BrKloeckner@piaille.fr @burger_jaap@mastodon.social I agree. You can’t compare NL and F in that regard. But public transport should be seen as a public service and not a commercial success primarily, IMO. Even in a very remote area in D would there at least be a bus once in a while. Here there is just nothing. We are trying French countryside without a car and it is a real challenge, even along a „major“ TER line, which half the time is out of order with zero replacement.