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Geneva Makes Public Transport Free to Combat Pollution Spike
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In Geneva, driving by bus and train is now free of charge. Geneva's Environment Agency hopes that more citizens will leave the car and improve air quality.
The city of Geneva suffers from high ozone levels. In order for more people to travel by bus and train, the authorities react with an unusual measure: everyone is allowed to enter without a ticket.
Reuters.Switzerland has taken such a step for the first.Geneva, located in the western French-speaking part of Switzerland, is experiencing a peak of ozone pollution - a harmful gas that can cause breathing problems, headaches and asthma attacks, according to the World Protection Organization Health.The city's anti-fog system showed that ozone concentrations exceeded the health safety limit of 180 micrograms per cubic meter in 24 hours, the cant…
Geneva offers free public transport to address ozone levels
This week the Mayor of London issued an alert for high ozone levels and similar alerts are being issued across Europe, but different countries are taking different approaches to dealing with the situation. Geneva and Paris have both rolled out emergency measures to combat severe ozone pollution triggered by the ongoing heatwave across the continent. In Geneva, public transport has been made free for the first time, with ticket checks suspended…
Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spike
Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spikeGeneva offers free public transport to combat pollution crisis. The post Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spike first appeared on The Dispatch.
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