{"id":26645,"date":"2023-11-26T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/?p=26645"},"modified":"2023-11-26T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T11:30:19","slug":"pretty-european-capital-city-surprisingly-named-the-worst-for-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/world-news\/pretty-european-capital-city-surprisingly-named-the-worst-for-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty European capital city surprisingly named the worst for public transport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dublin: aerial views show skyline of Irish capital<\/h3>\n

Dublin is one of Ireland’s oldest towns, a place where history, culture, and food cross paths to create a colourful settlement.<\/p>\n

Some five million people make the journey to the Republic’s capital every year, making it one of the country’s most-visited destinations and Europe’s fourth most-visited city.<\/p>\n

Many have made Dublin home, around 1.2 million people, meaning the city itself is regularly packed, especially its centre.<\/p>\n

With such a dense population and relatively small size, you’d think the city would have an efficient and cheap public transport system to ferry visitors and locals around with impeccable efficiency.<\/p>\n

Well, you’d be wrong: according to a new survey, Dublin was this year ranked as the worst European place for public transport among 30 other capital cities.<\/p>\n

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Greenpeace, the climate group that collated the data, based the results on affordability and simplicity for users in purchasing tickets.<\/p>\n

An evaluation the outfit published earlier this year called for a Europe-wide price ticket reduction to address the climate and energy crises and persuade people to ditch their cars.<\/p>\n

It concluded that public transport is too expensive in many places, writing in a statement: “In the context of the climate, energy and cost-of-living crises, the least polluting, healthiest and most efficient modes of transport should be affordable for everyone.”<\/p>\n

Dublin scored 36 out of 100 points in the city rankings, coming behind even London, one of the most expensive places to live in the British Isles.<\/p>\n

“It is the only city analysed which does not have a fixed-price long-term ticket for all means of transport and available for all passengers,” read the report.<\/p>\n

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