What I call bullshit on is the idea that those fare hikes are "needed", because the fare revenue contribution is only 38%, far below the European average. If you look at the data (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farebox...), what appears quickly is that an European average doesn't make a lot of sense
![List of European tranport netwrok with their Farebox Recovery Ratio. The table is as such:
Austria Vienna Vienna U-Bahn 49% Flat rate 2008[23]
Germany Berlin Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe 70% Zone based 2010[24]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company 35% 2007[25]
Czechia Prague Prague Integrated Transport 17% Flat rate 2022[26]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Metro 95.2% Zone based 2025[27]
Jutland, Funen, Zealand Danske Statsbaner 59% Zone based 2025[28]
France Paris Île-de-France Mobilités 38% Flat rate[a] 2018[29]
Germany Munich Munich Transport and Tariff Association 70% Zone based 2010[30]
Italy Milan Milan Transportation System 49% 2016[31]
Rome Rome Metro 36% 2007[25]
Netherlands Amsterdam Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf Amsterdam 88% Distance based 2018[32]
Rotterdam Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram 99% Distance based 2018[33]
Poland Warsaw ZTM 37% 2019[34]
Spain Catalonia Metropolitan lines of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalonia) 93% Zone based 2014[35]
Madrid Madrid Metro 41% 2007[25]
Sweden Stockholm Storstockholms Lokaltrafik 52% Flat rate 2017[36]
Kalmar County Kalmar länstrafik 43% Zone based 2023[37]
Östergötland County Östgötatrafiken 47% 2024[38]
Switzerland Zurich Zürich S-Bahn 60% 2014[31]
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Regional Transport Authority 49%[39] 2019
Turkey Istanbul Metro Istanbul A.S. 90% Flat rate 2019[40]
United Kingdom London London Underground 129.50%[41] Zone based 2022-2023[41]
London Overground and Docklands Light Railway 94%[42] 2018–19[42]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pa47uerbliqbfguxekzt3kn3/bafkreic3jpsn7xzapzxqcn4ukbghkaf3dhn7cgf4kgc67fz4lzvndfbjpi)
