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[โ€“] tryptaminev@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I regularly hear people say stuff like "I would like to take the train, but the flight was cheapest". "You know, i'd take the train, but with switching twice and 8 hours... and the flight was only a bit more expensive"

There is still a lot of convenience over actual need.

[โ€“] cpjoa@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

This varies from country to country, but over here a train trip is, in general, more expensive than a flight to the same destination by a significant factor

[โ€“] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then make the fucking trains work not other stuff more expensive...

[โ€“] tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

One way to make the money for making trains better is to end subsidizing and properly taxing planes.