November 16th, 2007

Proposed BKV tariff increases become political

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The BKV (Budapest Transportation Company) proposed raising ticket prices by 10, 17 or 25%. Budapest Mayor Gábor Demszky quickly balked at the suggestion and refused to even consider the possibility of 17 or 25% price increases, writes daily Magyar Hírlap.

Meanwhile, Fidesz MP Zsolt Wintermantel suggested that the recent arguments over proposed price increases by the BKV (Budapest Public Transport) and Budapest mayor Gábor Demszky are staged. Wintermantel cited the BKV’s exceptionally quick response over a weekend as evidence of the two secretly working together behind closed doors.

With respect to the proposed change, inforadio.hu reported that the mayor felt people would be unable to afford a 17 or greater percent increase in prices. The actual price increases are to be made public by the December 20th Budapest city council meeting.

This comes on the heels of news that the BKV plans to cut services the following years and the admission that the completion of Metro 4 may further slide into 2011.

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