From an American perspective, European public transport is incredible & extremely efficient compared to virtually no public transport a lot of places here
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Well… I’m in North Carolina. Visiting my family in my hometown down in the Texas-New Mexico border requires: 1- 30 minute drive to the airport. No public transport exists. It can be done in my car $20/day parking at the airport or via Uber/Lyft, $30-50. 2- 1 hour flight to Atlanta 3- 3 hour flight to my destination. $250-400 one-way, depending on the season. 4- Picked up by car in the airport and 25 minutes of driving home. $20-45 Uber or some friend’s help. The only public transport you use in this behemoth 3000km trip is the Atlanta International airport subway. To go from Terminal to Terminal. I usually pay about $550-800 round trip to visit my family. So I don’t do it often. Between heading to the airport, waiting for my flights, boarding, deplaning, terminal transport, waiting for my flight, boarding, deplaning, and being picked up that’s about 15 hours, or the whole day. So in perspective, yeah. Protect and seek to improve what you have. Don’t let the car lovers win or you will regret it.
Atlanta has the MARTA, which is at the west side of the airport. I paid like 14 USD for the breeze card and discovered ATL on my feet during a stop over. There is more to this. Albuquerque has fareless transit for example. also whilst places like El Paso also have a BRT with a day ticket up to 3 $. I often take transit in the states and got to know some systems like BART in the San Francisco Bay, King County Transit in Seattle, You need to show ridership. Somehow I feel more free when I use transit than getting a rental car.
9:21 I don't recall the subway cars from Copenhagen like that. Perhaps confuse the memory of Copenhagen 2004 with Berlin 2004~2005. Or perhaps Copenhagen has changed looks since 2004.
Before I even start this video I want to write that I hope you had a nice New Year’s. I noticed that it’s been almost 4 weeks since your last video and I was getting worried.
I'm sure over time Riga will expand or a totally new city will form surrounding the new train line...that's kind of just what happens because people flock towards convenience
We used our German credit cards in the Dutch trams, busses and trains as well. We also had some issues with the correct amount being charged. What I found was that you can make a correction to the change via there website and get a refund for the wrong amount booked. That all seems to work on the honor system. I made an innocent mistake in one of the corrections because I forgot the correct name of where we checked out. That gave us a larger refund than we deserved. For another correction where I’m sure that I entered everything correctly, for some reason they weren’t able to give the proper refund but gave us a full refund instead. In the end, everything worked out fine for us. I think that it’s a good system in theory, but it is a bit complicated/confusing in practice, and it seems to be error prone, or we’re just not smart enough to use it correctly.
Note that older Latvian trains also have the 3 seat configuration. And if You use Riga public transport often, there is a website/app that allows you to see real-time position of the buses, so that you can check for delays and plan accordingly. Latvian trains are some of the slowest and probably not good in other metrics too. Except for the price, we have some of the cheapest trains.
I think this is an issue of just not knowing the value of where you live lol. European public transport is amazing on all levels and I'd wager literally one of the biggest reasons to live in Europe if you've lived in places like North America, Turkey, etc. like I have.
Helsinki public transportation is extremely satisfactory - one of the best european cities in that regard. You can go pretty much anywhere by tram, which is a rare thing to find. Goes in huge contrast to its south neighbour Tallinn, which is quite car-centric and only has decent public transit in the city centre
I've heard the best is the Tokyo train system. The one I know best is the Mexico City subway, very decent. In the US we have no public transport effectively, lol. Believe me, the European is amazing.
Every time I ride with the Deutsche Bahn it's an adventure: you don't know when the train is coming, if it will ever come at all, you don't know if it will arrive at the destination, or if you'll be stranded in the middle of nowhere xD
When you live in a third world country European public transport seems perfect haha You need to be at least in South America to understand what a bad public transport really is Nice video!
My American city literally doesn't even have a passenger rail station in it and it's the second biggest one in the entire state! a metro of 500k+ and zero public method to go to another city! They've got it so much better than the rest of the world does for public transport lol.
The train station situation in Paris, along with the fact that you most likely have to connect there when going from one region to another is a reflection of French politics of the past 50 years... Very unfortunate.
So I see where you would think things should be better, but I live in a pretty typical US city and this all looks amazing. All we have are buses and they don't go everywhere. Stops vary from 15 mins between buses and an hour, and I think they run from about 6am to 9pm. I have a stop about a mile from me, but a few years ago I would have had to walk about 4 miles to the nearest stop. The buses can't reasonably get me to work and my other 2 options are take a very long and very dangerous bike ride(bike lanes are sparse and are usually just a 1m wide lane with a line of paint separating you from the cars), or have a car. We do have long range buses which look about the same price, but you still have to get yourself to a station.
What do you think about Flixbus? Is it safe for solo travelers? I've heard some very bad opinions on it, especially in countries with less cleanliness and safety like Italy or France.
Im optimistic, perhaps foolishly, that RB will once go trough Riga as these kind of projects always have setbacks and cost overruns, just take a look at UK's HS2. Another thing worth mentioning is that a fair bit of the current rail network has awful cell coverege, so bring a book!
great video. I traveled almost all Europe mostly by train. Not sure about the prices because i got a global pass from eurail so i pretty much jumped on any train. Switzerland its by fat the best, I can't agree more with what you say about german trains, they good but they always late. And about Italy, from my experience its bad, I think all i took were delayed (not just by 5 minutes, even hours) and some cancelled.
İt depends on the country where you from. I live in Turkey and for me it is awesome. I didn't use train in my country because it is so limited that ı can't use.
yeah Paris has become a massive problem for France, everything goes through there or around it. We are barely starting to make "non paris" high speed lines. The TGV also became a problem as it absorbed a large part of the funding of regional trains, which led to closing of lines and stations. Prices are also a complete mess, the only thing you need to know is that SNCF greatly encourages early booking of tickets so make sure you buy them way early (weeks/months in advance is quite normal).
Really Dutch public transport good and on time. Here we always complain about the NS (dutch railways) being not on time etc. About trains tho. Trains are the only public transport i actually agree on taking more because you don’t have to stress about taking it. I don’t like the bus either. Its a hit or miss. You have to find the very specific bus to take to your destination and they always go in a circle. Trains actually go one way which is so much better and straightforward i you have the good train. For my daily commute or travel i go by bike. Sometimes brought by car for farther destinations like a birthday party or other special occasions. By train only if we go to a specific destination which is a one way tour.
the key is to travel with others. 1 ticket is 30 euros but 2 tickets is 40 euros, I usually ask people who are near the entrance if they have already bought tickets. If they haven't, I make a deal with them. Backpackers are often a safe bet.
Problem in germany is that every poop town is connected to the railroads, which means tons of trains, tons of personal, tons of door blocking passengers, tons of costs, tons of problems coordinating things.
Been to Poland last 3 years with Flixbus i think it's fine . Waiting in Berlin is much better now than 2 years ago .Remember USA Greyhound bus 20 years ago that was awful to say it nice. Polregio train Poznań Gniezno and Toruń enjoyed that very much.
I want to address the public perception of rail systems. As someone who has lived in the UK for a decade and is a British-Italian dual citizen currently residing in the UK, I can confidently say that the Italian rail system, particularly in the central and northern regions, is faster, better, and more cost-effective than what we have here in the UK (Freccia Rossa and Italo are peak!). That said, it's quite amusing to note the differing opinions among Italians themselves-they often view their rail system the way Albanians view theirs!
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From an American perspective, European public transport is incredible & extremely efficient compared to virtually no public transport a lot of places here
loved how the flags change based on country at the back
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I’m in North Carolina. Visiting my family in my hometown down in the Texas-New Mexico border requires:
1- 30 minute drive to the airport. No public transport exists. It can be done in my car $20/day parking at the airport or via Uber/Lyft, $30-50.
2- 1 hour flight to Atlanta
3- 3 hour flight to my destination. $250-400 one-way, depending on the season.
4- Picked up by car in the airport and 25 minutes of driving home. $20-45 Uber or some friend’s help.
The only public transport you use in this behemoth 3000km trip is the Atlanta International airport subway. To go from Terminal to Terminal.
I usually pay about $550-800 round trip to visit my family. So I don’t do it often.
Between heading to the airport, waiting for my flights, boarding, deplaning, terminal transport, waiting for my flight, boarding, deplaning, and being picked up that’s about 15 hours, or the whole day.
So in perspective, yeah.
Protect and seek to improve what you have. Don’t let the car lovers win or you will regret it.
Atlanta has the MARTA, which is at the west side of the airport. I paid like 14 USD for the breeze card and discovered ATL on my feet during a stop over. There is more to this. Albuquerque has fareless transit for example. also whilst places like El Paso also have a BRT with a day ticket up to 3 $. I often take transit in the states and got to know some systems like BART in the San Francisco Bay, King County Transit in Seattle, You need to show ridership. Somehow I feel more free when I use transit than getting a rental car.
+ the radiations from the high altitude
Thank you, Erica, for taking us on your trip. I enjoyed this video.
I appreciate the map changing each time lol
Map?
I think she means flag.
4:51 They've dismantled trams in Hamburg almost 50 years ago...
9:21 I don't recall the subway cars from Copenhagen like that.
Perhaps confuse the memory of Copenhagen 2004 with Berlin 2004~2005.
Or perhaps Copenhagen has changed looks since 2004.
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I visited Manchester for four days last year and got into a car one time. That is a fantasy in the US.
Before I even start this video I want to write that I hope you had a nice New Year’s. I noticed that it’s been almost 4 weeks since your last video and I was getting worried.
the flags changing in the background was a very nice touch
Omg i just love ur vids so comforting ❤
Nice timing, was just wondering when you'd post again earlier today.
Even though it may not be that perfect, they at least have government supported public transport. A thing completely lacking where I live.
I'm sure over time Riga will expand or a totally new city will form surrounding the new train line...that's kind of just what happens because people flock towards convenience
I was sad when I found out you left Trier because I live in Trier, I’m from Scotland. Please show us Riga Erika :)
We used our German credit cards in the Dutch trams, busses and trains as well. We also had some issues with the correct amount being charged. What I found was that you can make a correction to the change via there website and get a refund for the wrong amount booked. That all seems to work on the honor system. I made an innocent mistake in one of the corrections because I forgot the correct name of where we checked out. That gave us a larger refund than we deserved. For another correction where I’m sure that I entered everything correctly, for some reason they weren’t able to give the proper refund but gave us a full refund instead.
In the end, everything worked out fine for us. I think that it’s a good system in theory, but it is a bit complicated/confusing in practice, and it seems to be error prone, or we’re just not smart enough to use it correctly.
Note that older Latvian trains also have the 3 seat configuration. And if You use Riga public transport often, there is a website/app that allows you to see real-time position of the buses, so that you can check for delays and plan accordingly.
Latvian trains are some of the slowest and probably not good in other metrics too. Except for the price, we have some of the cheapest trains.
This video inspires me to take a multi country trip in Europe
there is a saying by the Deutsche Bahn workers. A train that is canceled isn't late. (and doesn't count for statistics reasons :D)
I think this is an issue of just not knowing the value of where you live lol. European public transport is amazing on all levels and I'd wager literally one of the biggest reasons to live in Europe if you've lived in places like North America, Turkey, etc. like I have.
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Helsinki public transportation is extremely satisfactory - one of the best european cities in that regard. You can go pretty much anywhere by tram, which is a rare thing to find. Goes in huge contrast to its south neighbour Tallinn, which is quite car-centric and only has decent public transit in the city centre
In London we take transport for granted, compared to other regions in the 🇬🇧 Great video. ❤
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I've heard the best is the Tokyo train system. The one I know best is the Mexico City subway, very decent. In the US we have no public transport effectively, lol. Believe me, the European is amazing.
Awesome video!! 😊
Every time I ride with the Deutsche Bahn it's an adventure: you don't know when the train is coming, if it will ever come at all, you don't know if it will arrive at the destination, or if you'll be stranded in the middle of nowhere xD
Yes we do
When you live in a third world country European public transport seems perfect haha
You need to be at least in South America to understand what a bad public transport really is
Nice video!
My American city literally doesn't even have a passenger rail station in it and it's the second biggest one in the entire state! a metro of 500k+ and zero public method to go to another city! They've got it so much better than the rest of the world does for public transport lol.
6:17 It‘s due to lack of personell…
and the train goes choo choo
Very good video. I still think EU public transport is good but thanks for sharing the prices and distances between each trip
unamusingly fun topic. I don't know that word i just made myself..👍 unexpected video timing too
The train station situation in Paris, along with the fact that you most likely have to connect there when going from one region to another is a reflection of French politics of the past 50 years... Very unfortunate.
So I see where you would think things should be better, but I live in a pretty typical US city and this all looks amazing. All we have are buses and they don't go everywhere. Stops vary from 15 mins between buses and an hour, and I think they run from about 6am to 9pm. I have a stop about a mile from me, but a few years ago I would have had to walk about 4 miles to the nearest stop. The buses can't reasonably get me to work and my other 2 options are take a very long and very dangerous bike ride(bike lanes are sparse and are usually just a 1m wide lane with a line of paint separating you from the cars), or have a car.
We do have long range buses which look about the same price, but you still have to get yourself to a station.
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What do you think about Flixbus? Is it safe for solo travelers? I've heard some very bad opinions on it, especially in countries with less cleanliness and safety like Italy or France.
I like how the flag in the back keep changing accordingly :)
Im optimistic, perhaps foolishly, that RB will once go trough Riga as these kind of projects always have setbacks and cost overruns, just take a look at UK's HS2. Another thing worth mentioning is that a fair bit of the current rail network has awful cell coverege, so bring a book!
Do you ever get EuroRail? I had them when i went on vacation wall over Europe last year. I’m not sure on the price for a couple weeks…
great video. I traveled almost all Europe mostly by train. Not sure about the prices because i got a global pass from eurail so i pretty much jumped on any train. Switzerland its by fat the best, I can't agree more with what you say about german trains, they good but they always late. And about Italy, from my experience its bad, I think all i took were delayed (not just by 5 minutes, even hours) and some cancelled.
İt depends on the country where you from. I live in Turkey and for me it is awesome. I didn't use train in my country because it is so limited that ı can't use.
yeah Paris has become a massive problem for France, everything goes through there or around it. We are barely starting to make "non paris" high speed lines.
The TGV also became a problem as it absorbed a large part of the funding of regional trains, which led to closing of lines and stations.
Prices are also a complete mess, the only thing you need to know is that SNCF greatly encourages early booking of tickets so make sure you buy them way early (weeks/months in advance is quite normal).
Really Dutch public transport good and on time.
Here we always complain about the NS (dutch railways) being not on time etc.
About trains tho. Trains are the only public transport i actually agree on taking more because you don’t have to stress about taking it. I don’t like the bus either. Its a hit or miss. You have to find the very specific bus to take to your destination and they always go in a circle. Trains actually go one way which is so much better and straightforward i you have the good train.
For my daily commute or travel i go by bike. Sometimes brought by car for farther destinations like a birthday party or other special occasions. By train only if we go to a specific destination which is a one way tour.
I guess Malta also provides free public transport, but you need to have Tallinja Card, which will cost you 25 euro.
In Russia in all trains, which connect suburbs and Moscow, we have 3 seats. Don't understand, why are you flabbergasted)
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Yeah the Arlanda Express is pretty expensive
the key is to travel with others. 1 ticket is 30 euros but 2 tickets is 40 euros, I usually ask people who are near the entrance if they have already bought tickets. If they haven't, I make a deal with them. Backpackers are often a safe bet.
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Problem in germany is that every poop town is connected to the railroads, which means tons of trains, tons of personal, tons of door blocking passengers, tons of costs, tons of problems coordinating things.
1st world problems are the worst.
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Yes, except of German one
Been to Poland last 3 years with Flixbus i think it's fine . Waiting in Berlin is much better now than 2 years ago .Remember USA Greyhound bus 20 years ago that was awful to say it nice. Polregio train Poznań Gniezno and Toruń enjoyed that very much.
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I want to address the public perception of rail systems. As someone who has lived in the UK for a decade and is a British-Italian dual citizen currently residing in the UK, I can confidently say that the Italian rail system, particularly in the central and northern regions, is faster, better, and more cost-effective than what we have here in the UK (Freccia Rossa and Italo are peak!). That said, it's quite amusing to note the differing opinions among Italians themselves-they often view their rail system the way Albanians view theirs!
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