On July 1, 2018, Estonia became the first country to provide free commuter transport to citizens. After a successful test that ran for the five years in the capital, Tallinn, the project is now being taken countrywide. It’s costing the government €3.3 million. The improved public transport system, particularly into and from more rural areas, is intended to make country life more attractive, as more locals move into the cities.
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Why “LGBT ideology” is part of the government's fighting talk - and how people are resisting it.
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A conversation with traffic psychologist Parichehr Scharifi about how people behave in traffic.
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On ending Stockholm’s history as a car city, and thinking ahead to a cleaner future.
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Captain Seín Pérez has been transporting goods and passengers up and down the Amazon River for years.
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Poverty, illness, no schools - for a longtime the North of Ghana was left behind the rest of the country. But the building of the Fufulso-Sawla Road has changed things, fast.
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