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Public transport an important part of many peoples' lives. We it to go to work, visit family and friends, go sightseeing and go about our daily business. However, in many countries, trains, buses and subways very expensive. A new scheme in Germany has been to make getting around easier. Transport companies have together to the Germany Ticket. This people who buy it to all local and regional transportation across the country for just 49 euros ($53.90) a month. The ticket is for all forms of public transport in Germany except for long-distance intercity trains. More than three million tickets were on the day of the launch.

Transportation bosses the new Germany Ticket will be good for the environment. They more people to leave their cars at home and more environmentally friendly forms of transportation. Germany's Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, the new ticket. He said it is "an easy and cheap offer that will public transit more attractive and help us to our climate goals". Germany to become carbon neutral by 2050. A transportation analyst said the Germany Ticket a "revolution" for Germany. He said: "We need a scheme that rail before road and get passengers onto trains and buses". Another analyst hopes other countries will a similar ticket.