Ljubljana BicikeLJ subscription options: 3 euros for a year, or 1 euro for a week
The same JCDecaux system in Ljubljana is still 3 euros per year for unlimited free 60-min rides
(Vienna used to offer unlimited free 60-min rides with just a 1 euro signup fee, no subscription, from 2003 until 2022, when we switched from JCDecaux to higher-quality Nextbike)
I'm still somewhat confused I never tried bikeshare there myself on my visits
Yeah, prices in LA turned out several orders of magnitude lower than any of the US and Canadian bikeshare systems I'm aware of when I looked them up
My impression is that unlike at home in Vienna, where motorists expect cyclists to only ever move in perfectly straight lines, French motorists are much more used to the constant possibility a cyclist may show up from any direction and turn in any direction, and adjust their driving accordingly
(To be fair LA Metro is a bit of a special case since both their transit fares and bikeshare prices are exceptionally low by NA standards – still afaics there are no free bikeshare rides for low-income riders, unlike on the transit system)
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Classic survivorship bias: When bikeshare, which tends to be much cheaper to operate than transit, is priced above a transit ride/pass, it will only ever attract cost-insensitive demographics – meanwhile Toulouse bikeshare attracts an obviously much more diverse user base
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Must be the latter, but no one (sensible) ever asks that about local transit busses :)
Forgot to mention it's just 20 euros per year for people with transit passes :)
Bikeshare station with docks
A pass for Toulouse's bikeshare system (managed by the transit authority) costs 2 euros for a day or 26 euros for a year, each with unlimited free 30 min rides <3
Barrier-protected bidirectional bike lane
Temporary bike lane markings in a construction zone
Nothing nicer than biking in France, where bike traffic seemingly never has to stop and the fact that despite that there seem to be hardly any close calls really underscores that for cyclists there's simply so much safety in numbers
Besides the presence of a small number of police officers (which is rare during fare inspections in Vienna) the only deviation from best practices was that staff positioned to prevent people from turning around was also wearing uniforms, which makes them less effective against more attentive evaders
Got prevented from taking a photo, but Toulouse knows how to do metro fare inspections properly: Right at the station exits, lots of fare inspectors (also a small number of police officers), and some staff positioned to prevent people from turning around when they see the fare inspectors at the exit
ill tell them
Interior of a Toulouse VAL train
Metro tunnel with a noticeably small diameter
Narrowboi, Toulouse edition
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Literally just a few meters away: Hyper-efficient trash collection (it's *after midnight* – note how quiet it is!), and a quick-build bus bulb
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An intersection with narrow traffic lanes and no rounded curbs
Hi from genuinely random intersection, Barcelona <3
americans be like 'us humans standing our ground'
I wasn't as much of a fan of the Korea part of the trip as I expected to be that's why I spontaneously decided to spend a few days in Japan instead :)
lol I actually was quite a fan? just not of the austrian embassy in manila that fucked up my emergency passport application :)
B/C depending on color
Würde jedenfalls auch die Trenitalia-App verwenden, was Echtzeitinfos der Bahn betrifft definitiv am zuverlässigsten, war aber ehrlicherweise noch nie auf Sizilien :)
A menu page listing regular and happy hour prices for desserts. The happy hour prices apply within Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary only. Price differences tend to be lower for other categories.
ComfortJet catering:
- 3 staff for just 18 seats in the dining car
- No menus or staff taking orders in 1st class (major source of revenue on 🇦🇹 trains)
- Prices ~double once trains leave the fmr eastern bloc, way more expensive than on 🇦🇹/🇩🇪 trains
- Online ordering possible only 5+ days in advance
Interior view from the same last row, in first class
It's a solid Railjet derivative that's imo slightly more comfortable in 2nd class than the original Railjets and slightly less so in 1st class, and brings a significant increase in capacity (several additional 2nd class coaches) to services that previously ran with Railjets.
ComfortJet on the Austrian Südbahn seen from the very last row of the train
Briefly tried the ComfortJet, the Czech Railways' (relatively) new flagship intl long-distance train within Germany last weekend, and now on a longer trip within Austria today
I mean otoh that very approach wors relatively well in Austria, with far fewer staffing shortage related issues than the current decentralized approach in Germany
Infografik des VCÖ mit einer Landkarte Europas, auf der zahlreiche kleine gelbe Punkte über ausgewählten Regionen verteilt sind. Überschrift oben: Etwa 500 Städte in Europa nutzen Kameras für Zufahrtskontrollen in verkehrsberuhigten Zonen. Die Punkte markieren Städte in Europa – besonders viele sind in Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und Skandinavien zu sehen. Rechts oben ist eine stilisierte Kameraillustration. Quelle ›Urban Access Regulations 2026‹ und als Grafikvermerk ›VCÖ 2026, Lizenz CC BY-ND‹. Die Karte zeigt, dass in vielen Städten in Europa automatische Kameras zur Verkehrs- und Zufahrtskontrolle eingesetzt werden.
Was in Österreich mit der #StVO Novelle ab 1. Mai möglich wird, gibt es in Europa in bereits rund 500 Städten: Automatisierte Zufahrtskontrollen. Die meisten in Italien. Mehr #Verkehrsberuhigung und autofreie Zentren in Städten umsetzen! #Verkehrswende PS: Mehr Infos hier vcoe.at/blog/detail/...
Am Kassel Airport gibt es kostenlose Parkplätze - für viele Reisende ein Argument für den Flughafen in Calden. Bild © picture alliance / ABBfoto
But there's FREE PARKING
Back in the day when I didn't get to use DB for free having to take a regional train for a route that also had long distance trains felt like the most humiliating thing ever
