Those who help reduce traffic jams are being punished.

Like many other customers, I recently became a victim of the unbelievable tariff policy of Malta Public Transport.

On July 1, the 24-hour ticket jumped up from €1.50 to €2, a hefty 33 per cent increase.

Even worse, when I took the bus I came to know that the validity of the already expensive ticket has been reduced from 24 to just two hours.

In other words, beyond two hours, you now pay €4 for a round-trip instead of €2.

Including the first rise, this is a huge jump of 167 per cent and public transport has become nearly twice as expensive as in a city like Paris.

Doubts are permitted as to whether the service in Malta is twice as good.

If I qualify this as utterly disgusting, it is because I watch my language. May those who are responsible for such decisions be the first victims of the increasingly suffocating individual traffic on this island.

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