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> or, with €100 down, €78 a month – roughly what most Parisians pay for an all-zone metro and suburban rail pass.

Not exactly true: by law, employers must pay half of that amount, so most Parisian pay €38/mo for that "all-zone metro and suburban rail pass". If you don’t work, that’s free. Pretty much nobody pays the full amount.

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The half paid by the employer is actually taken from your salary.

But the target of younger people generally pay a reduced/student price anyway, which is low too.

>The half paid by the employer is actually taken from your salary.

That is not true, if you don't have the transit pass (eg. you only take your car) you are not paid 38€ more than your coworkers.

An interesting law, that I never heard anyone suggest here (Sweden / Stockholm). But many argue that instead the commuter pass should be free. Considering it is subsidized about 50 percent with taxes already, I think we have a good system as it is. In Stockholm the price currently is about €90 / month.

One could argue that the Stockholm public transportation system is MUCH better than the one in Paris though.

What makes you say that? In Paris, all subway stations are always at walking distance, even for the elderly. And you never have to wait for a metro (unless strike). In Stockholm, all is punctual, but with much lower frequency.

I prefer the punctuality, having more personal-space and overall state of cleanness of the Stockholm train/metro

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