The vice-president and ‘minister’ of Territorials and Territorial Policies, Jordi Puigneró, has announced that the prices of public transport will be frozen in 2022. “In Glasgow it has been found that it is time for deeds and not for more words, We have agreed to freeze the prices of public transport by 2022 “, he announced on his Twitter account. In line with what was expressed last week, during the inauguration of three new stops on the L10 metro, the ‘minister’ has insisted on that the fight against climate change “involves decarbonizing mobility”.
In Glasgow it has been found that it is time for facts and not more words.
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We have agreed to freeze public transport prices for 2022.The fight against climate change involves decarbonising mobility. pic.twitter.com/h4DSXl24aj
– Jordi Pu1gnerO (@jordiPuignero) November 12, 2021
The mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, had manifested in the same sense in an interview with eldiario.es. “In no case would it be advisable to raise rates because citizens are emerging from a very tough crisis.” The mayor transferred this position to the Government of the Generalitat, majority in the Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM), the competent body in the definition of rates, with 51% of the representation.
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Last year, in the midst of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, rates were already frozen in a very complicated exercise for public transport. Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona, for example, closed the year with an additional unforeseen expense of 180 million euros due to the effects of the covid-19.
In the taxi sector, meanwhile, the Metropolitan Taxi Institute (ITM) has proposed raising the fare by 2.3% next year, an initial proposal that professionals in the sector have considered “insufficient”.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com