City day calls for more money from the federal government for public transport in the long term
Created: 05/04/2022, 07:20
By: Alexander Eser-Ruperti
In the long term, the city council is demanding more money from the federal government to finance public transport (symbol image).
© Uwe Anspach/dpa
In the long term, the German Association of Cities is demanding more money from the federal government to finance local public transport.
City day
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: The city day calls for more money from the federal government for public transport in the long term.
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: The German Association of Cities is constantly demanding more money from the federal government to finance local public transport.
The plans for the 9-euro ticket from the 2022 relief package are obviously considered fundamentally good at the City Day, but half-baked.
Chief Executive Helmut Dedy told the
dpa
: "The idea of a 9-euro ticket sounds like an attractive offer given rising petrol prices and the cost of living".
Dedy said hard work is being done to make the €9 ticket generally viable when it starts on June 1, but he doesn't think it will be a long-term success.
“However, we doubt whether the 9-euro ticket will succeed in getting more people excited about buses and trains in the long term.
What happens after the summer when the ticket campaign is over?” says the general manager.
The 9-euro ticket can be purchased in some places before June, and the offer is limited to three months.
Dedy explained: "We need an attractive, well-developed and networked public transport system in order to achieve the climate goals".
Regarding long-term financing, he said: “We need new trains and buses.
The operation, the staff, every tank filling and the current energy prices will need increasing subsidies.
That's why we're concerned about the financing."
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