Germany’s 3-month experiment with super-cheap public transport reduced carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to powering about 350,000 homes for a year. The ticket, which was offered from June through August, was meant to help soften the blow from inflation in Europe’s biggest economy amid a surge in energy and fuel prices sparked by the war in Ukraine. Some 52 million of the tickets were sold, with 1 in 10 buyers ditching at least one of their daily auto trips, according to the VDV public-transport lobby. While there are concerns over financing the ticket and strains on the transport network, several German politicians want the subsidy extended in some form. “We must find a convincing follow-up solution for a nationwide local transport ticket to continue to relieve the citizens who depend on it in times of rising prices and costs,” said Petra Berg, environment and mobility minister in the western state of Saarland. Read more from @bloomberggreen at the link in our bio or visit: bloomberg.com/green 📷: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg