EU fact of the day

EU fact of the day by Tyler Cowen April 28, 2026 at 2:51 am in Travel You do not hear this point made too often, yet it is true: Very interesting new study finding that *even in large European cities*, in most places it is easier to access opportunities by car than by public transport https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.01019 The exceptions are Paris, Zurich and the innermost parts of Milan and Barcelona That is from Giulio Mattioli, citing the paper by Bruno Campenelli, et.al. In turn via Joy Buchanan. 27 Comments Facebook Twitter RSS Feed print Comments Sort by Top Sort by Recent Sort by Controversial <article class="blog-comment depth-<%= model.depth %>" id="blog-comment-<%= model.id %>" data-user-vote="<%= model.user_vote %>" data-vote-count="<%= model.vote_count %>" data-vote-total="<%= model.vote_total %>" data-updoots="<%= model.updoots %>" data-downboops="<%= model.downboops %>"> <div class="byline"> <div class="comment-meta"> <h3 class="comment-author"><%= model.author %></h3> <time class="comment-date" datetime=""><%= model.date %></time> </div> <table class="comment-voting"> <tr> <td> <button class="comment-vote" data-post-id="92909" <% if(model.user_vote === '1') { %> disabled="disabled" <% } %> data-id="<%= model.id %>" data-action="upvote" title="Upvote" data-nonce="<%= model.updoot_nonce %>"><svg class="comment-vote__arrow " viewBox="0 0 30 29" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M15.303.992L27.87 16.259H2.734L15.303.992z" /><path d="M9.828 14.59h10.95v13.516H9.828z"/></svg></button> </td> <td> <span class="comment-up-count"><%= model.updoots %></span> </td> <td> <button class="comment-vote" data-post-id="92909" <% if(model.user_vote === '-1') { %> disabled="disabled" <% } %> data-id="<%= model.id %>" data-action="downvote" title="Downvote" data-nonce="<%= model.downboop_nonce %>"><svg class=" comment-vote__arrow arrow--downvote" viewBox="0 0 30 29" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M15.303 28.107L27.87 12.839H2.734l12.569 15.268z" /><path d="M9.828 14.508h10.95V.992H9.828z"/></svg></button> </td> <td> <span class="comment-down-count<% if(model.downboops > 0) { %> is-negative<% } %>"><%= model.downboops %></span> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="comment-controls"> <% if (model.children && model.children.length) { %> <a href="#" class="toggle-replies-btn" data-toggle="hide">Hide Replies</a> <% } %> <span> </span> </div> <span class="comment-number"><a class="permalink" href="?commentID=<%= model.id %>" title="Permalink to this comment" rel="nofollow">#</a></span> </div><!-- /.byline --> <div class="comment-content"> <%= model.content %> </div><!-- /.comment-content --> <section class="comment-respond"> <a class="comment-form-toggle" href="#" data-comment-form-toggle role="button">Respond</a> <form class="comment-form" id="commentform" method="post" action="https://marginalrevolution.com/wp-comments-post.php"> <h3>Add Comment</h3> <div class="form-horizontal"> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="email">Email</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input class="form-control" type="text" name="email" id="email" required> </div><!-- /.col --> </div><!-- /.form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="author">Author</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input class="form-control" type="text" name="author" id="author" required> </div><!-- /.col --> </div><!-- /.form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label"…

This excerpt is published under fair use for community discussion. Read the full article at Marginal Revolution.