National system for public transport introduced

The new samarbetskoalitionen S, C, L and MP to reform the public transport system. Prime minister Stefan Löfven (S) mentioned the reform in its government declaration on Monday.

today The company is run public transport through the separate ticketing system in the Swedish regions. The business is managed by the regional traffic authorities, and the pricing is determined by political decisions.

the individual ticketing systems for a national system, without specifying how this should go. But the wording suggests that it will be possible to take the metro in Stockholm, a tram in Gothenburg, the bus in Luleå and the Pågatågen in Skåne – on the same card. An investigation will be appointed next year to work out how the system should look and 2022 is introduced, according to the proposal.

Helena Leufstadius say that technology has come so far in the whole of Sweden that it is perfectly possible to introduce a uniform ticketing system. But already today, there is a great collaboration between the county councils and companies in order to facilitate travel over county lines. The difficulty is to find a common pricing.

" you will never be able to do. Then you go over the rule for each county to determine their own pricing, " says Leufstadius.

She exemplifies with to the solution rather will be to buy a milk carton. You can do this anywhere in the country and with the same card – but the price is not identical.

to book travel by train and the transport agency commissioned to procure trains with daily departures to various european cities.

It also introduces a distance-based and färdmedelsoberoende reseavdrag – something that the industry welcomes. Today, it serves more than two hours to take the car in front of the public transport deduction.

– the Purpose of the deduction was to improve for those living in rural areas. But research shows that those who serve on it are high-income earners in big cities, and especially men. We really think it is great that you are getting into this, " says Helena Leufstadius.

it can no longer be allowed to sell the new gasoline - and diesel-powered cars”, are also in the 73 points long agreement. The concern that Swedish public transport is to rise such as biofuels then becomes so strong that the price skyrockets. In the day running of Sweden's fleet to 86 per cent of fossil-free fuels.

"Then maybe it means that our operators do not choose to run on zero carbon," says Helena Leufstadius.