When something goes wrong with cross-border rail in Europe - like Thello cancelling the Paris-Venezia night trains - there are howls of anguish, but little systematic action
Here I propose a way forward: an annual EU cross border rail index 👇
jonworth.eu/an-annual-cros…
Here I propose a way forward: an annual EU cross border rail index 👇
jonworth.eu/an-annual-cros…
This is part motivated by the excellent work done by @EuCyclistsFed with their bikes on trains report - we now know much better what does and doesn't work!
We need to do the same for cross border rail!
We need to do the same for cross border rail!
So rather than @BackOnTrackEU bemoaning Thello's demise, and @seatsixtyone trying to explain to his readers how to cross the FR-IT border with a much reduced service, an annual index would give a systematic insight into what's getting better and worse
It would allow @Transport_EU and @AdinaValean to work out how to target infrastructure investment
It would force national transport ministers to act if they saw their country falling in the rankings
MEPs could also then use it in their advocacy
It would force national transport ministers to act if they saw their country falling in the rankings
MEPs could also then use it in their advocacy
One of the things that annoys me in rail policy in Europe is a sort of 🤷♂️ it's all going to shit attitude. Yes, in some places it might be, but where? Why? And what can be done about it?
A rigorous index would be a starting point to working out what to do and where!
/ends
A rigorous index would be a starting point to working out what to do and where!
/ends
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