What is public transport like in your country? 🚋

Coming from Ohio, USA my life was totally CHANGED when I moved to Berlin and suddenly had access to well-connected public transportation. As much as I can complain about it being late or construction works, I am so thankful just to have the possibility to easily navigate without having to own and drive a car (especially in a big city 😅). I really think it is a great equalizer, when we all have equal chance to get to a job interview or to the doctor we need. I would truly miss public transportation if I ever left.

It's now decided we get a 49€ flatrate for public transport in germany, after the huge success of the 9€-Ticket. Sounds like an end to the ticket jungle.

Quick reminder: Berlin is not representative of Germany. In most cities it's ok-ish, but the buses and trains don't run nearly as frequent, the network is not as dense, the operating hours are shorter...

I loved my time in Germany. I'll never hesitate to settle down there.

s-bahn in berlin is not the same as s-bahn somewhere else. s-bahn in berlin is another metro-style railway like the u-bahn which stops very often like every 500m whereas in other parts of germany the s-bahn connects the suburbs to the city center and the distance between stops is every 2-5 km. When I visited cities in Germany i didn`t often use the s-bahn but moreoften the u-bahn except in berlin where it works like another u-bahn.

As a Canadian living in Germany, I always smile when Germans complain about their rail network and inter-city trains. It is one of the most extensive, reliable networks in the world, with clean, efficient trains reaching almost every small town in the country. I find it spectacular! It's a model for the world to replicate if we are serious about climate action.

Nice video, although I have to say that it's to be expected for a big city like Berlin to have a good public transport network. What a lot of people probably don't know, is that even places like Karlsruhe and Bielefeld (both similar in size to Brighton) have a dense tram network with a few subway stations under the town centre and most parts town are a short walk from a tram stop. Over 20 German cities have some kind of subway or subway/tram hybrid network and more than 30 further cities have street-level trams, often with their own lanes and off-road segments. Wuppertal has a hanging monorail that's about 120 years old.

I cannot thank enough to the German public transport. I used to own motorcycles, cars, jeeps, tractors in India but after using public transport, I have discovered the best mode of transport that is walking. It is the most underrated mode of transport and is honestly the best feel of freedom.

Public transportation in the Philippines sucks! We currently only have three train lines for a 20-million people metropolis. Connecting stations from one line to another can take a 20-minute walk. Our government prioritizes highways which only worsens traffic in the long-run and makes Manila ugly. It's an American imprint on the Philippines. I was blessed that while I was in Germany I was able to experience the €9 ticket. I had meetings from 9am to 6pm in Berlin, but I was able to explore Berlin 5am onwards into far areas such as Köpenick, Spandau, and Marzahn and still get to my 9am meetings on time. I had a free day where I was even able to travel to Poland because the guys at Deutsche Bahn told me that the train to Frankfurt (Oder) was covered by the €9 ticket. I was even able to criss-cross Berlin and even went to Potsdam. Berlin was so walkable that at one point, my pedometer recorded more than 36,000 steps for one day. I heard Germans tend to complain about the infamous Deutsche Bahn delays (I experienced a two-hour delay on my ride from Berlin to Amsterdam, and I hope improvements would come soon), but compared to our country, what I experienced in Germany was really a blessing. Hoping for better public transportation for Germany and for all countries! I miss Germany A LOT. Hope I could come back soon!

love the background music and filming style of this video. hannah, as always, is a ray of sunshine!

we have great transit in Hamburg, there is virtually nowhere in the city and suburbs you can't reach by public transit

Amazing production; from the sound, to the BGM & of course, the presentation! Keep up the awesome job guys!

On March 18, 1895, the first motor-driven bus drove in our town. Siegen - Netphen - Deuz (Germany) (not Cologne Deutz, I meen Netphen Deuz ) A motor carriage from the Benz company in Mannheim for 5,000 marks. Up to 10 people and a driver sat in and on it. The 15 km route was completed in 1.5 hours. The performance was 5hp. On the inclines, the passengers were asked to get out and help push. On July 1st, 1895, a second motor carriage/bus was put into operation. But as early as December 20, 1895, the two vulnerable motor buses were replaced by horse-drawn carriages. In 1906, a rail connection was started in parallel, replacing the horse-drawn carriages. But at some point it became a bus again. The railway line has been dismantled, only an industrial railway without connection to the main network remained at one point.

I live in Leipzig and have an annual pass. I can travel on the trams, busses and local trains - even to the airport. It means that for about six months a year, I travel for free. Don't need a car - yippeee.

I once travelled by train from Budapest to Hamburg (for €17!), and got my jacket and wallet stolen inside the train at Budapest Keleti just seconds before the train departed. The train passed through 3 countries and each had its own ticket conductor. I managed to scramble some money from neighbouring passengers who witnessed the incident, and paid the conductors for the small fares in Slovakia and Czech republic. Once in Germany, the conductor simply kicked me out at Dresden Hbf for not having a ticket. I went straight to the police station and they allowed me to board the next available train, while the bills would be sent to me by post later. Lucky for me, I was new to Germany and remembered the post code (Postleitzahl) of my accommodation wrongly, so the bill was never sent to me ;)

Thank you. Public transport in Brelin is mega geil. You can travel at 2 a.m. without any problems. Especially sbahn is cool.

The history part is a bit wrong: the first organized public transport was 1662 in Paris with horse-driven "Omnibusses" for up to 10 People..

Very nice video! I live in Copenhagen where we don’t have trams anymore, but other than that public transport is pretty similar, just smaller - we have even got an S-bahn inspired by Germany. Even though we are a tiny country you will need a car if you live outside a city or big town, but maybe that will change over time as the weather gets hotter and hotter😉Oh, and the fine for riding without the correct ticket is DKK 750 i.e €100. ❤️ DW🤠

I have not seen anyone say it in the comments, but the videography in this is absolutely breathtaking!

Loved the last part most.. nice to see our everyday heroes behind the wheels

Min. 6:00 ... Bridge in the background ... You actualle see a subway crossing the river Spree. ... Due to the fact that Berlin is build on sand, it´s less expensive to build a bridge, then a tunnel.

"the city is about sitting in cafes and restaurants, and talk to each other, and debates, and greatest courses of our times" - LOVED THAT

What me still confuses as a German, you have to invalidate (entwerten) your ticket to make it valid.

Its so cool and greeny. Moment it rains everyone would aspire for a car

That was fun Hannah . . . thanks! Public transport here in Arizona is not so great, which is pretty much the norm for most of the car crazy western US.

did not know U Bahn Berlin can be that clean? Unmöglich!

Hannah's back! 🎉🥳

I live in New York, and you can't get anywhere over the weekend because they are always working on the subway tracks.

The omnibus, the first organized public transit system within a city, appears to have originated in Paris in 1662

While public transit is not great in most parts of Canada, we also do not have any gates or barriers when entering train stations either.

Yes, the Germans are a car-loving nation but public transport too is good, especially within cities (when it comes to the DB, it's another matter...). In particular the S-Bahn systems are usually insanely well designed. On the whole, German cities have excellent public transport - and it's popular so it's a mystery to me how or why the car is also very popular at the same time.

Isn't "underground" just the British word for "subway"? Did you try to distinguish between the U-Bahn (underground/subway) and the S-Bahn (city train), the latter of which not being a Tram, which Berlin also has?

Yup special is one way to describe it... I'm in Germany this week and I really have no idea if I've been using valid tickets correctly, have I moved into different areas despite them still being under the same Tariff Authority The entire world could learn from the Netherlands and the chipkaart - one card to rule them all

Berlin topped the public transport connectivity. Great job guys for this video. Very well made. Its so nice to see this, hopefully will be visiting soon to experience it. :)

It's been 1 and half year in Berlin, the public transport is sooo good the connections (I really don't think it's necessary to have a car , yess sometimes it's good for a big purchase for Edika, Lidl 😋) but also you never find parking and makes me so sad to see the big SUV in the city 😂 they are like mini bus , where are the getting parking in this big city 😂!! Love my S Bhan and U Bhan ☘️

I love Germany and now I know even more interesting things about it! Hello from Greece!👍🙋

Love Hannah, her English is so cute. And thanks for explaining to foreigners :3

Unlike what a lot of Germans say, public transportation in Germany is actually very good. Atleast compared to Sweden where I live... At least my region has a good transportation network, being the third most used one in the country as well (the third largest city of Sweden, Malmö, is here so no big suprise) and it also has a very good local train system. And from where I live, there runs direct inter-regional trains to Copenhagen in Denmark 24/7 as well. Long distance trains (as well as regional express trains in the Stockholm area) sucks here though and there is always cancellations due to driver shortages. So I do prefer German transportation over Swedish transportation.

In most Transport systems, they use a smart card, such as Oyster in London, SUICA in Tokyo, T-Money in Seoul, Octopus in Hong Kong, Touch n Pay in Kuala Lumpur and COMMET in Jakarta. I wonder if there some kind of smart card in German Transport Systems?

I love the way her head moves from side to side when she talks. Highly engaging character

In my opinion, we in Germany should follow much more the Dutch bicycle culture. At the same time, to make cities less attractive to cars.This means, among other things, a large 'road network' which is only intended for bicycles and connects the most important points of a city directly on the shortest route,while cars have to take detours and thus progress much slower.

Very good video, congrats!

because they are always delayed due to some repair or strikes or people on rails or bad weather or signal disturbaces

I have a car and I love my car, but I also love public transport. What I don't love are (especially green) politicians who promote anti-car policies. Problem: In rural areas (like my village), you have to have a car. And you are completely lost without one. Some of those politician seem to have never left a larger city.

what happened to Rachel? I miss her

Another tip that I have is to use the ticket booth on the train and stamp it on the train, this way you may save money

Love DW. No reliable or convenient public transit where I live. Sacramento County, CA.

I live in Evansville, Indiana U.S.A and I would consider it a medium size city in US (3rd largest population in Indiana). It Has a small size bus for public transportation that does not go outside of city boundaries. I have been to Berlin at least 9 times. I thought I knew the transportation system pretty well, but in 2022 I was there and I was travelling on Sbahn and forgot to check for the end station and ended up an hour away from where I intended to go to.

Love Euromaxx! Best 5 to 6 minutes of my life watching these features :) Thanks!

I'm rather suspicious of city road work by contractors. I live in Toronto so the roads have to endure freeze thaw according to the seasons. My suspicions are in regard to what truly are the goals of Canadian governments in general to maintaining road infrastructure. Is it building and repairing roads to the best of our technology or is it about maintaining an industry that does that work? I remember a few decades ago reading about someone coming up with a better alternative to asphalt that resists the Canadian freeze thaw much better and considering the chief ingredient to that alternative was the plentiful amount of used tires, it seemed like a can't miss idea. Seemed like an idea worth exploring but so far.... nothing. Except your typical construction chaos, like clockwork, every spring and summer. It is maddening especially come winter when we have that to contend with.

Good going Deutschland. Thanks DW & Hannah.

I think its safe to say that public transport is better for the environment than biking and walking because trains and (troley)busses can be run on fully green energy, whereas you exhale more CO2 if you move more. The difference isn't really worth mentioning though

As good as we have it here in many part of germany, it could always be better, so we should really push for more better public transport. The great thing about better public transport is that its not just great for those who vhoose to use it but also evryone else. The better the transport the more people will use it, the less cars on the road, meaning better experience for people who still need or want to use the car. Also the cities will become a lot quieter which is always nice.

The public transportation in my country... This is my Öffi here. And you should mention, that most people hate these rentable e-scooters. You don't need a license and they are too fast. If not used, they are in the way. Most times it's used by youth who often just racing around sometimes with 2 people. The personal ones are also too fast, but a little more responsibility.

If I am right that Germany is the best public transport in the world, it had made a lot of progress, ordering and cleaning there are many stations, lines and railways such as trains, trams, subway trains, railway trains, buses, etc.

Perhaps this is an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a huge fan of Berlin public transport (especially since it took me 2 hours to come back home yesterday, which was supposed to be 1 hour). Of course, the transport system is developed and mostly well-connected. If only the trains and buses were on time. The apps (vbb & bvg) 50% of the time doesn't show the actual information. Trains and buses are occasionally canceled; sometimes for an unknown reason. And the constant construction in many areas. I'm glad that we're at least getting a solution to the ticket ordeal, as it's way too expensive & complicated. 49 Euro ticket will give some relief. I've lived and visited other German cities, and I rarely experienced constant train/bus delays or cancellations. It seems to be more of a Berlin problem.

4:25 This may also be called "SEV".

0:58 weird calling the S-Bahn an "underground System", it's mostly above ground 1:32 only true for some tickets

Fact check: public transport definitely was NOT invented in US in 1800s. There were coaches on regular routes hundreds of years before that. Venice had gondoliers in middle ages. Heck, even Romans probably had some sort of public transit. 🤷‍♂

The public transport in the UK is expensive to say the least.

Good job 👍👍

Sitting in cafes is not really an exciting vision for the future.

What a nice Scottish-German accent on Hannah.

Nice coat too!

Germany is my dream country .

Expansion in public transport needs to come with shrinking the space offered to cars.

Where is Rachel Stewart? Did she end her wonderful work with you guys...?

Oddly one can actually get a Combined VBB VVO Ticket from Berlin Hbf by taking RE5 Berlin Hbf to Elsterwerda then a VVO Ticket Elsterwerda Großenhain Coswig Dresden Hbf RB31

Well nothing is for free in Germany! 🙄

Yes

Poland is just trams and buses. We only have 1 metro in the entire country which is in Warszawa (Warsaw)

3:01 it is really astonishing for me that in Germany there is such branch of science as "futurology". I wonder what data they base on to study the future. Or do they preidct the future. Or create it. Komisch das ganze.

Special in terms of beeing expensive and inconsitent? YES! we use cars if we can get our hands on one.

I live in Switzerland, and here the public transport system is very well developed, I only use that to travel across ALL the country. I have a yearly ticket that allows me to use every kind of public transport at anytime. No more need for a car, even If I want to go to skiing in the mountain, there is train or bus that goes there🏔️

For half the population, the public transit system in Toronto is superb: for the homeless.

Public transportation is fine as long as it works but knowing BVG and the random things that happen often, I don't think personal means of transportation will be completely replaced.

public transport was invented in the US? I don't think so.

What public transport are you talking about? In my city, Las Vegas, it is pretty much NON existent. But hey, we will get Tecla's in a tunnel. That will fix it. Ah, wait, they will only go Downtown to the Strip. So, still no public transport from where I live. I guess that is why Las Vegas has about 4 times more traffic related death then Berlin, a city with 3-4 times more people but we are working on it.

I like the anchor

The special of the DB (German Train) is, he comes always on times. *cough cough* The DB comes always 5 minutes or more Minutes later. Or not LOL

Why did skip Volkswagen and Audi 😐?

In Lonndon heisst es Stand clear of und nicht stand back. Wieder mal Denglisch

So what's the difference between the _subway system_ and the _underground system_ ? 😄

Lovely accent but it doesn't sound very German! Just got back from a week's vacation in Berlin and the public transport is excellent. The lack of ticket barriers and turnstiles makes it safer and easier to enter and leave stations. I have a cousin who lives there and he has a bicycle, not a car

Public transport is like a big car right?

first of all, we ARE famous for our public transportation and secondly, you showed Berlin where you HAVE to stamp the tickets, but that's outdated and not the standard throughout the country

Germany will have next year a 49 €/Month

And not the pther way around? Like rising economy?

We dont have public transport in my city. Thank you.

First time visit Europe in 1989, second time in 2020. One thing good about Europe , once you step it Europe it pull you back to 80's. Europe really good at maintaining the retro, keep it up. The only thing different between 1989 2020, people back then don't hold smartphone.

Not all tickets have to be stamped tho

As a Berliner i like to note that Green, Left and Social Democratic Party had the Chance to make Berlin more accessible but they refused. The Ticket System could be one of the most easiest in Germany with simple A, B , C Zone but they refused the get rid of stupid rules. Like you buy a 2h Ticket for A/B Zone but you are not allowed to drive a circle or backwards. That makes no sense simply stupid red tape.

I gave myself 3 hours to catch my flight in Berlin thinking the metro would be efficient. I was so wrong. It was horrible. Delayed by hours, no instruction as to what was going on. I ended catching a taxi and barley caught my flight

I lived in Germany for 3 years and I NEVER bought a ticket for the Regional Train, and I was NEVER asked by anyone to show my ticket. The ICE train conductors almost always asked for a ticket.

LOL. If you take public transportation in Germany and Miss the 60€ fine stickers plastered everywhere you are pretty special

Can you not use contactless. Tickets seems very old fashioned.

I love her jacket

When I did a hike in Germany and wanted to return to the start (where my car was), it was only 3,5 hours by public transport. How convenient! By car it would’ve been 1,5 hour by the way. So… let’s say there’s ‘some’ room for improvement…🤔🤷🏼‍♂️

I'm "Special"