Wiener Linien, Vienna’s public transit provider, recently blasted the press with headlines about their record ridership figures for 2015. The catchiest one? More people in Vienna now carry a Jahreskarte (annual pass) than there are registered vehicles in the city. 700,000 people signed up for the annual pass program for 2015; Statistics Austria reported that at the end of 2014, there were 683,000 cars registered in Vienna (it’s unlikely that 2015 saw a big increase as the auto share of trips has not risen while parking restrictions have). Just a few years ago in 2007, there were twice as many cars as annual passes.

365 Euros for an integrated system of U-bahn, Strassenbahnen (streetcars), and buses, plus use of the regional rail lines to cover Greater Vienna. That has to be one of the best deals in transit anywhere. A Euro a day was a major plank in the Green Party platform a few years back, and they have delivered. Transit here works: it’s reliable, safe, and practically ubiquitous. With commitment like that, they earn high ridership: 939.1 million trips and a 39% mode share–cars take just 27%.

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