As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, in a recent interview with HRT, the president of the ZET syndicate, Drazen Jovic, announced a rise in Zagreb public transport ticket prices due to rising energy prices.
“Given the prices of derivatives, the prices of gas, construction materials, and some kind of creeping inflation, it is quite clear that there will be and that there should be a correction in the prices of Zagreb public transport tickets,” said Jovic.
“One ticket will probably cost around 8 kuna. It’s difficult to calculate exactly how much these tickets should be, but yes, they’ll probably be around 8 kuna, which would be approximately realistic given the current price increases,” Jovic said. That said, most won’t be happy with a 50% price increase on a 30 minute ticket, which currently costs a mere 4 kuna.
He added that the existing tickets of 4, 7 and 10 kuna should all be combined into one ticket with a single price, which is also likely to irritate many Zagreb public transport users who feel like they’ll be being robbed of both time and money.
Jovic also said that ZET subsidies range on average from 500 to 700 million kuna a year and that the difference in tickets is subsidised.
“ZET will never have a ticket being sold at a real market price because it would be absolutely unacceptable to Zagreb public transport’s end users,” he added, despite the sentiment from many that this price hike in itself won’t be very popular among the city’s commuters.
“I think people should be quite honestly told that there will be a rise in prices,” Jovic stated, adding that believes that the price of communal services is also set to increase.
”Considering the derivatives, and looking atthe overall situation, I think that the people of Zagreb should be honestly told that there will be a rise in prices on the horizon. This situation is certainly unsustainable in terms of utilities, and that ranges from cleanliness all the way to transportation itself,” said Jovic.
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