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Belgrade to make public transport free from January 1 Deutsche Welle ~2 minutes _____ Belgrade is set to offer free public transit for all residents beginning January 1, 2025. The offer means "no one will have to pay for a ticket anymore," the mayor of the Serbian capital, Aleksandar Sapic, announced on Wednesday. The city with 1.7 million residents is one of the few major European capitals without an underground system. But it is not the first in Europe to have made public transport free — with others like Luxembourg <https://www.dw.com/en/luxembourg-makes-public-transport-free/a-52582998> and Estonia's Tallinn already having done so. High congestion on roads Belgrade has a high density of cars, with residents facing hours of gridlock as they move about the city. The number of cars has increased by 250,000 over the past decade, Sapic noted. Even though authorities have promised a metro system by 2030, the plan has faced many delays that have stalled the project so far. Belgrade will join Tallinn and Luxembourg in offering free public transportImage: Anka Petrovic/Anka Agency International/picture alliance Sapic also vowed to fully replace the city's fleet of buses, trams and trolleybuses by 2027. The Belgrade tram system has existed since 1892 and has a total length of 127 kilometers, twisted around the city, making it one of the longest networks in Europe. rm/jsi (Reuters, AFP) -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/0e4501db51fb%24225b94f0%246712bed0%24%40gmail.com.
