Week In Review
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
Mallorca news that hit the headlines from December 27 to January 2.
Balearic Government says it has paid 80% of the 'free' travel subsidy this year
The travel subsidy is a Spanish Government scheme, yet the funding is insufficient.
Palma finally accepts 'free' travel on buses in 2025
The town hall is critical of the scheme because Spanish Government funding is insufficient.
Palma bus drivers: Please ... no 'free' travel
EMT simply doesn't have the capacity to deal with the demand.
Palma has a week to decide if buses will be 'free' in 2025
The town hall has regularly complained that the subsidy is insufficient.
'Free' public transport in the Balearics for the first six months of 2025
The Spanish Government intends to gradually reduce the universality of the funding for free transport.
Will public transport in Mallorca be 'free' in 2025?
The subsidy from the Spanish Government for 2024 was 43 million euros, but this hasn't yet been received.
Mallorca bus strike on Monday, with further action likely
Both TIB and Palma EMT services will be affected.
Government plans 50% increase in Mallorca's bus services
New buses but also a huge increase in the distances specified in bus operators' contracts.
Land transport topping the proposals for addressing Mallorca's mass tourism
There is criticism of the process, especially the time that will be taken and an insistence on data.
Mallorca taxi drivers' president: "Everything is out of control"
Serious reconsideration needs to be given to the island's transport model.
Traffic jams in Palma
A traffic jam on a section of the highway leading to Palma in an archive image.
100% increase in the number of public transport passengers in Mallorca since 2019
Not having to pay for public transport is the obvious reason for such an increase.
Mallorca's buses - The revolution has not been realised
The left-wing coalition promised a bus transport revolution. The Partido Popular insist that it is deficient.
Catching the midnight bus: Soller's new era of transportation
This year, for the first time, the buses ran to midnight to fill this criterion. We are all waiting to see if this continues with the winter timetable to be published for November 1.
Soller's public transport
Soller's public transport.
Free public transport in Mallorca has so far cost ten million euros this year
At present, it's not certain if the free transport scheme will continue in 2024.
The next tram project - Palma to Calvia
President Armengol is promising a tram to Calvia.
Mallorca public transport
Free public transport.
Comment
Train v. Car. Drivers win easily
Unless government can convince Mallorcans to leave their cars at home the train will go nowhere.
Jason Moore04/10/2024 09:32