Semester ticket: Red–red–green coalition punishes the solidarity model politically

Dear Students,

You may already have heard it from the press: soon trainees (DE: Azubis) will be able to use public transport throughout Berlin and Brandenburg for 365€ a year. This is much cheaper than before and therefore great for now. Nevertheless, we are outraged about the development, because: First, students pay more for less: the semester ticket for 387,60€ per year only includes the Berlin ABC area. Secondly, this completely ignores the fact that the semester ticket works in a solidarity model. Solidarity model means solidarity financing: everyone has to buy the ticket, but everyone* can travel cheaper. This is socially and environmentally progressive, because once you have a ticket, you will be more likely to use it. It ensures the mobility of all students - regardless of their financial situation - and promotes low-fine particulate matter and climate-friendly means of transport in the city. Now the red-red-green state government in particular is punishing this model by loosening funds in order to subsidise trainee tickets unilaterally instead of investing these funds fairly and sustainably in public transport - or by encouraging the solidarity model of season tickets for other status groups as well; for trainees and sometime for all Berliners. That is not possible! The Semesterticketbeauftragter of the Berliner ASten invite the government fractions to the statement and to the discussion with us! Outrage yourselves with us! We are happy about every form of creative protest! Here you can address your complaints directly to the responsible offices of the government factions: 

tino.schopf@spd.parlament-berlin.de

harald.moritz@gruene-fraktion-berlin.de

h.wolf@linksfraktion.berlin

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