Vienna faces price increases: Annual ticket and parking fees increase!

Vienna faces price increases: Annual ticket and parking fees increase!

Wien, Österreich - The Viennese lines and the parking fees in the capital faces a significant increase in price. Finance City Councilor Barbara Novak (SPÖ) announced these changes in the program "Vienna Today". The reason for the price increases is the debt mountain of the city of Vienna, which amounts to almost twelve billion euros. In order to cope with this financial challenge, savings of 500 million euros are to be achieved by the end of the year. Funding has already been shortened, which also contains mobility in Vienna.

The amount of the inflation is currently evaluated and the results are to be announced in summer. The “Opi” annual ticket is particularly affected, the price of which will also increase. Novak also mentioned that overall mobility taxes should be increased. A comprehensive examination of ticket prices, including the climate goblet, is already underway.

expected price increases for the annual ticket

Currently Viennese can use the 365-euro annual card that has existed since 2012 and thus offers an inexpensive way to use public transport-in about 1 euro per day. However, as part of the budget negotiations, a price increase is considered up to 510 euros from 2027, which corresponds to a price of 1.40 euros per day. With monthly payment, the price could even increase to 546 euros, which currently raises 33 euros per month to 45.50 euros.

The city administration argues with the rising operating costs and that around 200 million euros in grants for the ticket have to be applied annually. A moderate price increase could contribute an additional 80 million euros to the city. So far, however, there is no official promise that the price of 365 euros will remain constant; The guarantee only applies until the end of 2026.

political measures and reactions

The final decision on the price increase is expected in summer during a budget vote. Political experts consider an increase of around 100 to 150 euros to be likely. The Greens Vienna have already started a petition to secure the preservation of the 365 euro annual card. If you consider that over a million people currently use this ticket - more than cars are registered in the city - the relevance of such a measure becomes particularly clear.

Last year, a remarkable 873 million trips were counted in Vienna, which corresponds to around 2.4 million trips a day. However, it is unclear how many users would jump off in a price increase, which could reduce the planned savings of the city of Vienna. Further information on the planned changes is in detail on OE24, ORF [Today] (https://www.heute.at/s/wiener-linien-jahrtar-kostet-bald-bis-zu- 510-euro-120114822) available.