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Cities and municipalities are calling for the 49

2022-12-09T08:09:13.310Z


The federal and state governments have settled their dispute over the financing of the new all-inclusive bus and train ticket – but there is still no date for the introduction. That goes against the grain of the municipalities.


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After the federal and state governments agreed on the 49-euro ticket, cities and municipalities are demanding quick implementation.

"It is now important that the implementation takes place as quickly as possible," said the general manager of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, of the "Rheinische Post".

At the same time, he expressed the hope that the nationwide local transport ticket could also be financed beyond the coming year.

Because of the rising energy prices, it had long been obvious that the three billion euros agreed for financing in the fall would not be enough, said Landsberg.

"Neither the transport companies nor their sponsors, the municipalities, can cope with additional burdens in these times." It is therefore good "that the federal and state governments have agreed, at least for the year 2023, to bear half the costs".

The municipalities are counting on the fact that in the coming year it will be possible to agree on functioning financing for the years to come.

What exactly does "quickly" mean?

The German Association of Cities also welcomed the agreement between the federal and state governments.

This is "good news for customers," said general manager Helmut Dedy to the newspapers of the Funke media group.

"The implementation in the regions and cities will be a hard piece of work, because the fare system and the sale of tickets will be completely reorganized," he predicted.

The federal government must quickly ensure the approvals under European law.

The heads of the federal and state governments settled their dispute over the financing of the 49-euro ticket on Thursday.

The federal and state governments want to split the total costs for the new local transport offer in half in 2023.

However, the exact start date remained unclear - "that should be done very quickly now," said Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).

The chairman of the conference of prime ministers, Lower Saxony's head of government Stephan Weil (SPD), said the ticket would come "by the end of the first quarter" of 2023.

The start of the so-called Deutschlandticket was originally planned for January 1st.

However, a dispute over funding slowed the project down.

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Source: spiegel

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