Not every political initiative is perfect. But it is often worth working on. This also applies to the Berlin SPD’s idea of ​​continuing the expiring nine-euro regulation for local public transport with a regionally limited connection solution.
Because a nationwide extension of the unprecedented project will not come so quickly, if at all. However, it is wrong to propose this only for the Berlin tariff zone A and B, while excluding the surrounding area in tariff zone C.
City dwellers have used the new mobility opportunity millions of times, that’s for sure. They not only left their cars at home and took buses and trains to work and to go shopping, but also explored the surrounding area.
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A permanent continuation of the nine-euro ticket would not only be an ecological benefit, but also a social one. In this way, people became mobile who previously simply lacked the means.
For commuters from the Brandenburg area, however, it is now important that they can continue to get to the city and back home at a reasonable public transport tariff in the future. This does not work without including tariff zone C. Berlin must talk to Brandenburg about this – and quickly.
