Posted by: MadridMan
BIG Price Raise in Madrid Public Transportation - 04/11/12 06:14 AM
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Starting 1 May 2012, end-users of Madrid's Public Transportation System will feel the sting of the sharpest price raises in 10-years. This raise takes place at the same time as the prices of gasoline, electricity and natural gas go up while salaries go down, are frozen or jobs are lost altogether.
End-users of public transportation currently pay 39% of Madrid's public transportation costs and the rest is was subsidized by the City and State. But due to Madrid's and Spain's transportation budget cuts for the city's transportation system, 11% and 26% respectively, a price "modification" has been called necessary and riders will now pay more of their fair share.
(Read on, McDuff...)
Saludos, MadridMan
Starting 1 May 2012, end-users of Madrid's Public Transportation System will feel the sting of the sharpest price raises in 10-years. This raise takes place at the same time as the prices of gasoline, electricity and natural gas go up while salaries go down, are frozen or jobs are lost altogether.
End-users of public transportation currently pay 39% of Madrid's public transportation costs and the rest is was subsidized by the City and State. But due to Madrid's and Spain's transportation budget cuts for the city's transportation system, 11% and 26% respectively, a price "modification" has been called necessary and riders will now pay more of their fair share.
(Read on, McDuff...)
Saludos, MadridMan