Free public transport in Mallorca has so far cost ten million euros this year
Transport is only free to residents with the necessary card
The Metro - one of the services that is currently free to residents. | Archive
Palma12/09/2023 08:44
Up to July, the cost of free public transport in Mallorca was 10.1 million euros. This is the amount that the Balearic government would have taken in from bus, rail and Metro travel had it not been free.
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Funny how the MaJorcan bulletin isn't happy with the tourists having to pay and the residents not having too pay. Boo huh! Guiris don't like poor people not having to pay for the transport they already pay in taxes?? At the end of the day this is something beneficial for the community and many people have to go to work and don't have the means + the island is full of cars because the public transport is already slow and unreliable. The least that could be done is make it free and have the tourists who ravage and who all the businesses already cater too pay for it.
Free never works. Free is open to abuse and something free is rarely valued. 90% of those presently travelling free could easily afford, say, 1 or 2 Euros for their journey. Free is a political device to gain favour with the voting public but is long term unsustainable in a small city like Palma and its suburbs.
Losing these millions of Euros of income. Can not be for the good of Mallorcas Transport revenues. I do not think they can continue with this Free Scheme any more.
They need to conduct a more in depth study into this to know it's true costs/benefits. How much has this measure increased the free movement of trade around the city? How has it impacted upon traffic around palma? Has the number collisions in the city reduced? Emissions? Work to home transport times? Parking availability? This cannot be measured solely in monetary terms.