{"id":386078,"date":"2022-07-12T10:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T08:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?post_type=selected&amp;p=386078"},"modified":"2022-07-12T10:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T08:08:55","slug":"less-traffic-jams-in-germany-with-the-9-euro-ticket","status":"publish","type":"selected","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/selected\/less-traffic-jams-in-germany-with-the-9-euro-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Less traffic jams in Germany with the 9-euro ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the German daily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/wirtschaft\/9-euro-ticket-stau-tomtom-1.5612144\">Sueddeutsche Zeitung<\/a>, the cheap 9-euro train ticket is leading to a reduction in congestion on German roads. The federal government introduced the cheap train ticket last month to accommodate people in the high energy prices and at the same time promote public transport. According to the newspaper, this seems to be succeeding.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/on-the-road-with-the-9-euro-ticket-part-2-ideenexpo-hannover-gives-young-people-a-push-towards-nature-and-technology\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 2: IdeenExpo Hannover gives young people a push towards nature and technology\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">On the road with the 9 euro ticket. Part 2: IdeenExpo Hannover gives young people a push towards nature and technology<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">In Germany this summer, you can travel on regional public transport for 9 euros a month. Innovation Origins takes the opportunity to visit a number of innovative projects.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>An analysis by traffic data specialist Tomtom for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur shows that in 23 of the 26 cities studied, congestion has decreased compared to the time before the introduction. The data &#8220;suggests that this decline is related to the introduction of the nine-euro ticket,&#8221; said Tomtom traffic expert Ralf-Peter Sch\u00e4fer. &#8220;Commuters lost less time driving to and from work in June than in May in almost all cities surveyed&#8221;, so Sch\u00e4fer in the article.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/analysis-will-europes-high-speed-rail-network-replace-continental-flights\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Analysis - Will Europe&#039;s high-speed rail network replace continental flights?\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Analysis &#8211; Will Europe&#8217;s high-speed rail network replace continental flights?<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">High-speed rail is considered the most sustainable and efficient means of transport for distances between 300 and 750 kilometers.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV), around 21 million special tickets were sold nationwide in June, the first month of validity for the nine-euro ticket. &#8220;Together with the approximately ten million subscribers who automatically receive the discounted ticket, the number of 30 million tickets per month previously calculated by the industry has not only been reached, but even slightly exceeded,&#8221; said VDV President Ingo Wortmann With.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the complete article: (<a href=\"https:\/\/newsingermany.com\/less-traffic-jams-with-a-9-euro-ticket-analysis-of-tomtom-data-economy\/\">Englisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sueddeutsche.de\/wirtschaft\/9-euro-ticket-stau-tomtom-1.5612144\">German)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1760,"featured_media":516780,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[26049],"tags":[71670,43878,128082],"location":[24456],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-386078","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility","tag-9-euro-ticket","tag-db","tag-train-traffic-jams","location-germany"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IE22MW0877.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/arnoud-cornelissen\/","display_name":"Arnoud Cornelissen"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 12, 2022","modified":"Updated on July 12, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 12, 2022 10:08 am","modified":"Updated on July 12, 2022 10:08 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/mobility\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mobility<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mobility<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/9-euro-ticket\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">9 euro ticket<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/db\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DB<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tag\/train-traffic-jams\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">train. traffic jams<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">9 euro ticket<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">DB<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">train. traffic jams<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/?taxonomy=post_translations&#038;term=pll_62cd2a057cff2\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">pll_62cd2a057cff2<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">pll_62cd2a057cff2<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/location\/germany\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germany<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Germany<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/386078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386078"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=386078"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=386078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}