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Councilor Censi: "We protect those who always use public transport"

Milan, 14 December 2022 – The Istat adjustment for local public transport in Milan will start on January 9th, only on single tickets and occasional and weekly tickets. The price of monthly and annual city passes remains unchanged, as do the discounts provided by the Municipality of Milan.

The ordinary ATM ticket (i.e. Mi1 ÷ Mi3, valid for travel to Milan and all municipalities included in the Mi3 tariff zone) will go from 2 to 2,20 euros; the ten-journey carnet from 18 euros to 19,50 euros; the daily from 7 to 7,60 euros; a ticket valid for three days costs 12 to 13 euros.

The prices of monthly and annual urban passes will not undergo any change: among others, for example, the ordinary monthly one will remain at 39 euros and the ordinary annual one will remain at 330 euros.

Tickets purchased with the old fare will be valid for 60 days after the fare adjustment comes into force, therefore until March 10, 2023.

The increase in occasional and weekly travel tickets was approved by the Basin Agency last August 26, but the municipal administration decided not to proceed with the tariff adjustment until the end of 2022, compensating the losses of the system.

"The adoption of this provision – explains Arianna Censi, councilor for Mobility – has involved a considerable effort for the Municipality to find extraordinary resources. Unfortunately the tariff maneuver can no longer be postponed, above all due to the constant economic commitment made for the realization of new metropolitan lines, for which there is no adequate increase in resources from regional transfers".

Lower income from transfers

Over the last twelve years the number of kilometers of public transport service has increased significantly, in the same period the national funds provided by the Lombardy Region have decreased. We went from 287,5 million contributions in 2011 - when the extensions of the M3 from Maciachini to Comasina (+ 3,9 km), of the M2 from Famagosta to Assago (+ 4,8 km) had not yet been built and not the M5 (+ 12,6 km) and the M4 (+ 5,4 km) were still in service – at the current 262,7 million.

This is 24 million 800.000 euros less, compared to almost 27 km more of underground transport alone.

Projections predict that in 2024, when the M4 with its 15 km will be completed, the resources allocated to the Municipality of Milan will decrease further, reaching 260,3 million.

Concessions and assistance for low incomes

The Municipality of Milan has long intervened with its own funds to support the cost of local public transport and promote its use.

The regulation of the Integrated Tariff System of the Milan-Monza Brianza Mobility Basin, known as STIBM, would provide for a cost of 43,5 euros for the ordinary monthly fee, 400 euros for the annual one. The reduction to 39 euros for the monthly and 330 euros for the yearly is possible thanks to the contribution of the municipal administration which compensates the costs also for non-residents in Milan.

Currently, around 444.000 people benefit from discounts on city passes. Of these, over 160.000 are young people under 27 (who can benefit from the monthly subscription for 22 euros and annual subscription for 200 euros), around 66.000 are those over 65 (of which over 11.000 with free subscription for Seniors with ISEE less than 16.000 euros and remaining with discounted rates ranging from 16 to 30 euros for monthly passes and from 170 to 300 euros for annual passes), while around 37 thousand are those with an ISEE of less than 6.000 euros (with an annual subscription of 50 euros).

Other discounts concern the subscription for families with three or more dependent children, the annual cost of which for parents is 165 euros.

Comparison with European cities

If we analyze the situation of the cost of public transport tickets in Europe, Milan is among the cities with the lowest fares. Below 2 euros there is only Lyon, which has four metro lines, the ticket costs 1 euro and 90 cents and children travel free up to 4 years old (not up to 14 like in Milan). However, subscriptions cost more: 66 euros for the monthly one and 730 euros for the annual one.

The ticket in Vienna, which like Milan has five metro lines, costs 2,4 euros and is valid only for a single journey (and not for 90 minutes), while the monthly pass reaches 51 euros. In this case children travel for free up to the age of 6.

In Barcelona, ​​which has 12 metro lines, the ticket costs 2,4 euros and is valid for a single journey, while children over 4 years old pay.

In Berlin, with 9 lines, children from the age of 7 pay and the ticket is 3 euros, with an annual subscription cost more than double that of Milan: 761 euros.

In Hamburg and Munich, the former with four metro lines and the latter with six lines, a single ticket costs 3,5 euros and annual passes range from 548 euros for the former to 709 for the latter.

In London, with 12 subway lines, a single ticket costs 5,6 euros, a monthly pass 169 euros and an annual pass 1.750, more than five times compared to the one in Milan.

"It is absolutely necessary to review the distribution of the National Transport Fund – adds councilor Censi – because it is not fair and does not support, indeed penalizes, those who continue to make investments in improving the lines. We certainly would not have wanted to proceed with the adjustment, but neither the Lombardy Region nor the Government responded to our appeal. We are aware of the difficulties resulting from the economic crisis and for this reason we have chosen not to charge the surcharge resulting from the ISTAT increase on season tickets, so as to protect those who choose public transport every day For the future, we ask the new Minister of Transport to immediately reopen a debate on the reprogramming of resources based on the kilometers of public transport provided".