The local transport industry is campaigning for the 9-euro ticket to be extended by two more months. "We need a successor solution quickly," says Oliver Wolff, general manager of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" (Friday). "It would be best to extend the campaign by a further two months as an interim solution. The ticket could continue to be valid in September and October, thus relieving citizens of the high energy prices," emphasized Wolff.
The 9-euro tickets launched in June are still valid in July and August and enable one-month trips in buses and trains throughout Germany. The debate about a successor plan is already in full swing. Wolff said the proposal for a two-month interim solution would give politicians and the industry time to develop a permanent offer for a nationwide local transport ticket. Wolff called on the federal and state governments to get together quickly. "People shouldn't fall into a hole at the end of August." After all, energy prices are still high.
The VDV had long proposed a nationwide valid 69-euro ticket. Politicians could lower this monthly price "for socio-political considerations - for example for the duration of the war - to 29 or 39 euros for the needy," said Wolff of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".
