Sunday, from at 0: 00 am, travelling by public transport free of charge in Luxembourg. It is a small country, it is the first country in the world, free of charge, on public transport.
The measure introduced by the Luxembourg government to make the car less attractive. With 670 cars per one thousand inhabitants, Luxembourg is the country with the most cars per thousand inhabitants, according to figures published by Eurostat. The country is well-known for its huge amount of traffic.
For the inhabitants, to promote the car and the bus or train to work, pumping in Luxembourg until 2027 in the amount of almost 4 billion euro in the rail network. The government is expected to have the free of charge transport, and the extra investment in the number of public transport users by 20 percent, and will continue to increase in the next five years.
Critics believe that the plan of the Luxembourg government did not have the desired effect. They point out that there is nothing that will change it to be one of the reasons why there are so many cars on the road in the grand duchy of Luxembourg: for the cheap price of fuel. As the price of fuel so low, there are many people from neighbouring countries to Luxembourg to fill up.
