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3dEdited

Great article! The "versement transport" truly is something that should be much more well-known outside of France.

I have only one small correction to make - in Lyon, SYTRAL isn't a private company contracted to operate the transit network - it's the pubblic agency charged with planning and financing the transit system ("AOT" - "Autorité Organisatrice des Mobilités").

Normally in France, the transit system is planned and managed by an AOT (SYTRAL for Lyon), operated by one or more companies (RATPdev, Keolis, Cars Philibert etc.) and the system operates under a unified "marque" ("branding" - "TCL" in Lyon).

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J M Hatch's avatar

In Hong Kong SAR there is a set-back on petrol/diesel tax that goes to help fund rail, but not buses. There may also be a set-back on vehicle registration tax, but this I'm not confident about. The Octopus tap payment system which is ubiquitous and preferred for all payments under HK$500 (but now starting to be challenged by cellphone payment systems because of the large pool of mainland visitors) was set up and owned by a pool of all the large public transport providers, who get a steady income from the commission on the payment system. I mention these just in case someone who could act on this information may read this post and comments.

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