Martin Hoffmann on Nostr: The Dutch government is reportedly planning to change the 80 million that NS has to ...

The Dutch government is reportedly planning to change the 80 million that NS has to pay for its exclusive concession into a 13 million subsidy. Not, mind you, to keep public transport affordable but as a workaround for EU rules blocking a direct award of the concession.

NS’ financial issues will obviously be solved through higher ticket prices and shiny new peek hour surcharges.

(Pushing more people to switch to using a car will also neatly solve the current capacity issues.)