• leisesprecher@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    That’s unfortunately the exact wrong way to look at it.

    The entire point of this ticket was to be cheap enough so a lot of new people get it, but don’t use it that often - a bit like a voluntary tax, that subsidizes the ticket for those who actually need it.

    There’s a reason the regular monthly tickets are much more expensive - they cover the actual costs. If only commuters buy the ticket, public transit providers will make massive losses - and opt out of the ticket.

    I’m 80% sure, this is a move to effectively kill the Deutschlandticket. The one good thing our current government managed to get done.