Why free public transport doesn't fix traffic (and what does)

If cars are bad for the climate, and public transport good, what makes people switch? From Jakarta to Tallinn, cities are trying to motivate people by eliminating fares. Let’s check if that works.

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We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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Credits:
Reporter: Jonas Mayer
Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising Editors: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann, Joanna Gottschalk, Michael Trobridge
Factcheck: Kirsten Funck
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Read more:

C40 guide for attractive public transport: https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/How-to-make-public-transport-an-attractive-option-in-your-city?language=en_US

The case of public transport for the climate: https://www.wri.org/insights/current-state-of-public-transport-climate-goals

EU case study on whether free public transport works: https://urban-mobility-observatory.transport.ec.europa.eu/resources/case-studies/free-passenger-transport-exploring-benefits-and-disadvantages_en

More on car traffic reduction strategies: https://itdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ITDP_TamingTraffic_2021.pdf

How ‘induced traffic’ works: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191261510000226

More on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/transport/publication/transforming-the-urban-space-through-transit-oriented-development-the-3v-approach

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Why we like driving car
04:29 Taking the bus in Jakarta
07:17 Making car use harder
09:34 What now?