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Public Transport in Germany

Sustainability challenges we face

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General situation in Germany

Public transport is -depending on the city- kind of expensive (single ticket – short distance/one way can cost from 2,40€ to 3,40€)
Cars are the most used item, due to comfort and culture (Germany as an important „Car-Country“ (BMW, VW, Audi, …))
Germany has 57 cars per 100 residents
„green“ alternatives like rentable bikes are common and avaliable in bigger citys (as an add-on to E-Scooters)

Situation Germany - example from one of the transport networks

Student-tickets

University organizes „Basisticket“ for 75 €: usable at the Weekend and after 7 p.m. for the whole Semester
Possibility to buy "Zusatzticket“ for 207 € to use public transport for the whole Semester
Both are valid in the metropolitan area Nürnberg

-> 283 € x 2 Semester = 566€ per year

(still: regular Ticket per month for the metropolitan area: 303, 40€ )

Situation in metropolitan area Nürnberg

365 - Tagesticket

Sozialticket�"Solo 31 Nürnberg Pass"

For owners of the "Nürnberg-Pass", possibility to buy the Sozialticket since 01.01.2021 (Nürnberg Pass is for low income people and families, possibility to partake in a variety of offers in categories like education, culture, sports and also public transport for a reduced price)
"Solo 31 Nürnberg-Pass" is a ticket valid in Nürnberg and Fürth for 31 days which costs 15 € ( instead of 80,10€)
A few cities have this concept of a "Sozialticket"

Support for people with disabilities

People with disability can buy a insert for their disability id card
Granted for people with walking-disabilities (G), blindness (BI), deafness (GL) or people who are dependand on critical care (H)
Costs: 95 € per year

Sustainability goals for public transport in the future

-> needs to be a true alternative to cars for most people

First initiatives

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