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Jon Worth

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Agh

Greenpeace has a new report about missing *direct* connections between European capital cities

PDF:
www.greenpeace.de/publikationen/Greenpeace_Report_Direktzug_0.pdf

This i
s somehow right and wrong simultaneously. Sure, some routes we need are missing. *But* for example I’d […]

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Tor Lillqvist's avatar Tor Lillqvist @tml.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
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@jon Perpetuating the misconception that a direct connection is necessary for train travel to be usable is such an own goal. Will just result in people feeling that they are entitled to continue flying then, when even Greenpeace implies using trains won’t work.

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Jon Worth's avatar Jon Worth @jon.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy
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It’s sort of like this 1️⃣ Where do I want to go? 2️⃣ Is the trip time reasonable? 3️⃣ Is there an option when I want to go? 4️⃣ Is there a direct train I can take? I’m aware that *for some types of travellers* direct connections matter more than others. But it’s just one of many […]

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