• Dave@lemmy.nz
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    8 months ago

    Wouldn’t the elderly be a huge benefiter of a car free city? You get old enough or frail enough that you can’t drive. Then what?

    I like in a city that provides free busses and trains to those aged 65+ if they ride in off peak hours, and it’s heavily used. This is in a city designed around cars.

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      8 months ago

      I like in a city that provides free busses and trains to those aged 65+ if they ride in off peak hours, and it’s heavily used. This is in a city designed around cars.

      Here(Moscow) elderly(65+) get free PT, period.

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        8 months ago

        Ours is pretty full at peak times. I think having it for off peak is to encourage people that can travel out of peak hours to do so, to spread the load out over the day.

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          8 months ago

          Ours too. Peak hours happens because everyone rushes to/from work. Pensioners don’t work, so they naturally spread out over the day.