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Trains, buses and coaches to a thousand euro

THE OPPORTUNITY '. The subscription price only valid in the whole of Lombardy was not increased. But there are few commuters who take advantage

Trains, buses and coaches to a thousand euro
(Mimmo Varone, Brescia Today Wednesday, 19/12/2007)

commuters can save a lot. And in 2008 even more. But few people know, and do not take advantage. The Lombardy region will remain locked throughout the next year the annual and quarterly subscription prices reserved for those who traveled each morning to work within the region.
A recent decision of the Board provides that the annual subscription Formigoni integrated the 'tesserone, "will continue to cost € 999, and the quarterly (there are no other cuts) 250. The thousands of Brescia every morning moving from the city or province should know that to reach Milan quell'abbonamento includes all forms of regional transport, even surfing the Garda, and cut all other costs of transport.
For example almost "extreme", if one lives in Polaveno and must go to Milan for work can take the bus to Iseo, Brescia get to from here with the Northern Railway, and then reach Milan by Trenitalia. Once arrived in the capital Milanese can use subway, bus or tram to get to work. It 's all included in the "tesserone.
RENOUNCE costs a lot more. Without assuming a departure from Polaveno, just living in the hinterland citizen for having to pay € 43 per month subscription to Brescia Transportation for zones 1 and 2 (350 annual subscription) and other monthly € 79.50 inclusive of rail transport in Milan and Brescia-Milan. 122.50 against the euro are 83, "tesserone. That is, giving up an integrated regional subscription will spend € 50 more per month, which in a year come to 600 rounds.
Not cheap, yet many Brescia until now have given up the opportunity. According to Luigi Barbieri, one of the leaders of the commuters 'On time', the solution proposed by the Region "is little known in Brescia, even as it is not advertised, and is used especially in the province of Milan. " For the truth is not easy to buy, the "tesserone.
must make application to the region a month earlier, and then to wait for the card. Only then you can buy a subscription and begin to travel with the discount. But it's worth it anyway. Among other things, the quarterly subscription is just 250 €, and allows you to pay in installments at zero interest spending. Renewing it for the whole year is spent thousand euro, just one more year than the solution.
for 2008, then remain blocked even reduced subscriptions, reserved for retirees with no income limit. What year will continue to cost € 699 and the quarterly 199. The same resolution goes from 64 to 80 € the special price of an annual subscription for the disabled (19 to 20 € the quarter). On the other hand, raises the limit of 500 € Isee rights holders (from 12 000 to 12,500 € for pensioners from 16 000 to 16,500 € for the disabled.
"We have decided to maintain unchanged the annual and quarterly season tickets to encourage the ' public transport use by commuters - says the Regional Minister Raffaele Cattaneo E -. 'an important warning signal to the 75 000 Lombard who already benefit of subsidy. "He concludes with the" hope that more people can use this useful tool. "We must
dirlo ai PENDOLARI bresciani, che fino ad oggi sono rimasti all’oscuro di tutto.