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Sounds awesome if they can pull it off. I'd love to have the interurban back in the USA. Since they already got one, this looks doable.

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It depends. Covid is still out there, so I'm wary to use public transport, no matter how cheap it is. I'm even more wary of using slow mode across large distances. Even without Covid or other plagues, it is often full to the max, dirty/smelly and not on time.

That aside, it would make more sense to have a monthly ticket for something between 10 to 20EUR for a region, which could be topped up for longer distances, as needed. In a simple way, to get rid of the tariff chaos.

So much of your comment makes me sad. I do hope that in the future you can bear to be in the same carriage as me without feeling fearful.

As much as I think that comment was hyperbole, I do hope in future all public places are well ventilated. I took my co2 meter around to trains and planes and there’s so much to improve (esp when boarding).

There’s so much effort put to clean surfaces… wonder how does it compare vs air-born infections. For covid it took so long for hand cleaning mania to go away and masks to come back.

Covid is a deadly disease, and wishing to limit one’s unnecessary exposure to potential infection neither implies nor denotes that one is fearful.

One need not be afraid to avoid unnecessary hazards.

Sigh... It's all a matter of probabilities. I've used and do use public transportation. But only if I absolutely have to. Otherwise I'm minimizing it.

See it the other way around: I'm still unvaxxed! So my reluctance is protecting U ;->

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