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“9-euro ticket” removed from the agenda: the conference of transport ministers is apparently not advising on the continuation
The 9-euro ticket is available from machines until the end of August
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On Friday, the transport ministries wanted to discuss the future of the 9-euro ticket. The item on the agenda has now been deleted, say two participants star.
Three months of local transport for 9 euros: for Chancellor Olaf Scholz “successful model”, for Finance Minister Christian Lindner “free mentality”, for many citizens a blessing. The transport ministers of the federal states actually wanted to discuss on Friday how the 9-euro ticket should continue. However, the item on the agenda has now been canceled at short notice, say two participants star.
“I am assuming that the transport ministers will not be discussing future mobility relief tomorrow,” said Dr. Lydia Hüskens, Transport Minister of Saxony-Anhalt star. The item “9-euro ticket” was removed from the agenda. You still have no explanation as to why the item was deleted.
Conference: cancellation of the 9-euro ticket due to pressure from the federal states?
Bernd Althusmann (CDU), Minister of Transport for the State of Lower Saxony, confirms the counterpart. “The official point of order ‘9-euro ticket’ has been removed,” he said star. The point is still at the end of the agenda. However, the conference is limited to one hour and Althusmann suspects that an intensive discussion about a continuation is therefore almost impossible. The reason for the deletion? According to Lower Saxony’s Minister of Transport, there was pressure from the federal states that are against the continuation of the ticket.
It will therefore be discussed on Friday how the transport companies can be supported with the high energy prices. “The federal government must release more regionalization funds for the states,” said Althusmann. The previous payments were not enough to create an effective protective shield over public transport.
“There will be none of these so-called flat-rate variants at all,” says Hüskens. “We’re actually going back to the normal tariff structure in September.”
Hüskens wants better public transport connections in the countryside
Hüskens would not have spoken out in favor of continuing the ticket anyway. “The funds for the 9-euro ticket would be missing in important places: the public transport offer in the country is insufficient. Continuing would prevent a better local transport infrastructure for two-thirds of the German population. I don’t think that’s fair.” More connections are needed. Hüskens is also against the abolition of the company car privilege, the commuter allowance and the diesel subsidy. The FDP politician referred to the federal cabinet’s meeting on Saturday, where new relief should be discussed.
In the long term, more needs to be done for public transport to make it more attractive to the population. The fact that around 38 million citizens have currently bought the 9-euro ticket underlines the need to rethink public transport.
Both Hüskens and Althusmann told Stern that opinions on the continuation of the 9-euro ticket were very mixed. There was agreement that the turnaround in traffic had to come – but the implementation plans differed widely.