Germany announces free public transport


To curb the ever increasing pollution in the world, the pollution norms are getting stricter day by day. Countries who are a part of the European Union have to pay hefty fines to control pollution generated by them every day. To prevent them from paying hefty fines, various countries are coming up with plans to curb the pollution levels. Many countries around the world have pledged to ban vehicles running on fossil fuels by 2030 and are investing in electric and hybrid technology to curb pollution. 
Germany is one of the top polluting countries in the European Union due to the presence of large industries. Also, a better living standard in Germany means that most people use their own vehicles for commuting rather than utilizing the public transport. Germany has one of the best and the most flexible public transport in the whole world but still a lot of vehicles can be seen on the road.
To prevent themselves from paying hefty fines, Germany is making public transport completely free. Germany will launch a trial run by the end of this year in it’s five cities – Herrenberg, Bonn, Essen, Reutlingen and Mannheim. This move has come after Germany struggling to reduce traffic congestion in it’s cities and failing to reduce pollution to meet EU air pollution targets. Germany has been under pressure from the European Union from the past few months which led to the German government drafting a proposal to the European Environment Commissioner, Karmenu Vella. The proposal also states that Germany will instate low emission zones for large transport vehicles and will increase the number of electric taxis and reduce taxes on electric vehicles to promote pollution free commuting.
while the move looks drastic, but it is mandatory for Germany to reduce air pollution as it failed to meet the air pollution target deadline set by EU in January 2018 along with ten other EU member states. The European Environment Commissioner, Karmenu Vella extended the deadline for these member states to produce pollution reducing measures or face legal action.
In order to make this plan into action, Germany will have to take serious measures to increase the number of buses and metros to meet the city requirements and accommodate the large number of people who will be using the public transport. Moreover, it will have to come up with new ways to make public transport more eco-friendly by introducing more electric buses for public transport. And after all this has been done, Germany will have to provide accurate and reliable public transport to the people so that they can move from private vehicles to the public transport.

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