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Mustafa KulleRemember, it's all self-inflicted. It's NOT the EU's fault. 🇪🇺 It's NOT the "bloody foreigners'" fault. 🌍 It's NOT China's fault. 🇨🇳 It's NOT Russia's fault. 🇷🇺It's the BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S FAULT. 🇬🇧💩The UK has the most expensive public transport in the world and it is the worst in the world. And yet they still insist that it's cheap. For who? The UK is a joke. 🇬🇧💩<a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/news/its-official-londons-public-transport-is-now-the-most-expensive-in-the-world-030525" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timeout.com/london/news/its-official-londons-public-transport-is-now-the-most-expensive-in-the-world-030525</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publictransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publictransport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/expensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expensive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/costoflivingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#costoflivingcrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/underground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#underground</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#britain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a>

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKThis is why <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#train</a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> need restructuring - it was cheaper for the middle aged couple in mid <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Essex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Essex</a> to travel to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italy</a> by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> rather than get the train to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/we-flew-italy-12-hours-9919892" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/we-flew-italy-12-hours-9919892</a>

Fragarach<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@paka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@paka</a> An illustration of not just how expensive rail travel is in the UK, but how insanely cheap air fares are. Surely time to tax aviation fuel? <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/flights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flights</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airlines</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transport</a>

MarkCornish couple avoid sky high train <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> by flying via Malaga to CreweA couple flew more than 1,300 miles to Malaga & back to UK to pick up new car; it was cheaper than a train1-way ticket to Crew would have cost £200/person by train compared to £54 in flightsThey spent the day there, then flew back staying in hotel were picking her new carThey spent £54 each on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/flights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flights</a> & £45 for a hotel – a total cost £153<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/26/cornish-sky-high-train-fares-by-flying-via-malage-crewe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/26/cornish-sky-high-train-fares-by-flying-via-malage-crewe/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airlines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transport</a>

DopeGhotiI saw toot the other day about how the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYPD</a> spent literal millions of taxpayer dollars chasing down the unrepentant miscreants who have committed the heinous misdeed of eluding collective hundreds of thousands of dollars of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransit</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a>.Now I'm no <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> guru or anything, but I had a thought or three just now about this.Let's simplify the numbers and say it was just one million dollars spent chasing down one hundred thousand dollars' worth of fare-eluders.Rather than spend all that taxpayer money spending dectuple the amount lost to still not get the fares paid, what if instead the NYPD simply paid the public transit company double the amount of the missing fares?In so doing, the public transit service is made whole, and there is an 80% savings to the public cost of "dealing with" fare eluders.And no one gets the everloving crap beaten out of them by actors of the State.

Ans Westra (POTD)Wellington Cable Car ticket booth The ticket booth at the lower terminal of the Wellington Cable Car located at the back of Cable Car Lane off Lambton Quay. The copyright of this image continues to be held by the estate of Ans Westra. Please forward all requests for copies, permission use and reproduction to Ans Westra's agent, {Suite} gallery ... <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/WellingtonCableCar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WellingtonCableCar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/CableCarLane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CableCarLane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/LambtonQuay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LambtonQuay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/AnsWestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnsWestra</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/AnsWestras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnsWestras</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/FARES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FARES</a> <a href="http://api.digitalnz.org/records/49228501/source" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://api.digitalnz.org/records/49228501/source</a>

Stephen Rees :verifiedgreen:From TranslinkTransLink launches fare enforcement program Efforts focused on education and deterrence to reduce fare evasionTransLink is increasing fare enforcement patrols throughout the transit system to reduce fare evasion, educate riders about fare payments, and improve safety.The high-profile blitz is designed to deter people from using the transit system without paying or paying the appropriate fare amount. 🧵1/n<a href="https://mas.to/tags/vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vancouver</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a>

CLondoner92 (New Account)The Mayor Of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> Sadiq Khan Allocates £123m Of GLA Funding To Freeze <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TfL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TfL</a>'s Fares Until March 2025 <a href="https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-mayor-of-london-sadiq-khan.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://clondoner92.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-mayor-of-london-sadiq-khan.html</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transport</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/metro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metro</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/underground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#underground</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/buses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buses</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#England</a>

Malaysia Public Transport<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malaysians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaysians</a> will pay a flat RM5 rate for a one-way trip on Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad's (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KTMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KTMB</a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShuttleTebrau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShuttleTebrau</a> between Johor Baru and Woodlands, Singapore.The current price for a one-way <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ticket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ticket</a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohorBaru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohorBaru</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Woodlands</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Singapore</a> is RM5, while the ticket for the return trip is S$5 (RM17.30), and KTMB had proposed a change to eliminate this difference in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/10/ktm-train-from-woodlands-to-jb-will-be-rm5-both-ways-says-loke" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/12/10/ktm-train-from-woodlands-to-jb-will-be-rm5-both-ways-says-loke</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rail</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#railway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#train</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KTMIntercity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KTMIntercity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KTM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KTM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaysia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malaysian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaysian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohorBahru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohorBahru</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Johor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Johor</a>

Malaysia Public Transport<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ferry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ferry</a> operators to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Langkawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Langkawi</a>, comprising various companies, will add value to the service, thus offering more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#options</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passengers</a>.Apart from benefitting users, such healthy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#competition</a> will help to improve the level of service of existing ferry <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operators</a>.In addition to ferry services, any company could also provide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterTaxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterTaxi</a> services to Langkawi, while the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> are expensive but it can be done.Read more: <a href="https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/982063/sanusi-having-more-ferry-operators-will-lead-healthy-competition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/982063/sanusi-having-more-ferry-operators-will-lead-healthy-competition</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#passenger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operator</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/option" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#option</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fare</a>

Tab CombsCan we afford great <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transit</a> without <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a>? Yep. Can we afford safe <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikePaths</a> to every school? Yep. Can we afford wide, <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accessible</a> <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/sidewalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sidewalks</a> along every <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/street" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#street</a>? Yep. Can we afford to buy every household an <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/EBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EBike</a>? Yep.But instead we choose to subsidize <a href="https://transportation.social/tags/driving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#driving</a>, and treat everything else as an expensive, frivolous amenity.

Tim RichardsCheap train fares are go! --- ‘You’d be bloody mad not to’: eager passengers make the most of Victoria’s regional fare cap | Transport | The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/02/youd-be-bloody-mad-not-to-eager-passengers-make-the-most-of-victorias-regional-fare-cap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/02/youd-be-bloody-mad-not-to-eager-passengers-make-the-most-of-victorias-regional-fare-cap</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RailTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RailTravel</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trains</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrainTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrainTravel</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Money</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fares</a>

EmSo <a href="https://aus.social/tags/qantas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#qantas</a> gleefully announces a $1B HALF YEAR <a href="https://aus.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profit</a> with no acknowledgement of the $2B payout from the Australian taxpayer, increasingly inflated <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fares</a> and ongoing issues with lost <a href="https://aus.social/tags/luggage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luggage</a> etc. But apparently they are now offering <a href="https://aus.social/tags/firstClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firstClass</a> cabins now...FMD. 😡

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