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TEC fares will rise, a setback for Walloon travelers

From La Libre Belgique · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The TEC’s 90-minute single ticket, currently priced at 2.80 euros, is expected to become more expensive.
  • LETEC chief executive Jean-Michel Soors said higher fares should help increase the network’s cost coverage, alongside greater ridership and efforts to combat fare evasion.
  • Soors rejected free public transport, saying it could attract people who currently walk or cycle rather than motorists.

Travelers using Wallonia’s TEC public transport network should expect to pay more for a 90-minute single ticket, which currently costs 2.80 euros.

Yes, there will be a fare increase.

· Jean-Michel SoorsThe LETEC chief executive confirmed that TEC fares are expected to rise.

Jean-Michel Soors, chief executive of LETEC, confirmed the planned increase on Bel RTL. “Yes, there will be a fare increase,” he said.

The higher price is intended in part to improve the network’s cost-coverage rate, in line with the Walloon government’s objectives. LETEC also expects to raise revenue through increased ridership and stronger action against fare evasion.

We are really against making it free.

· Jean-Michel SoorsSoors rejected the option of free public transport.

Free public transport, however, is not under consideration. “We are really against making it free,” Soors said. He argued that free service would not necessarily persuade motorists to leave their cars. Instead, it could draw people who currently travel on foot or by bicycle.

That is the wrong modal shift. It is not the one we want.

· Jean-Michel SoorsHe explained that free service could attract pedestrians and cyclists rather than motorists.

“That is the wrong modal shift. It is not the one we want,” Soors said. The Walloon network will therefore remain paid, although he said fares should stay within reach of passengers: “The fare must be affordable, not free.”

The fare must be affordable, not free.

· Jean-Michel SoorsSoors described the pricing principle he said should guide the Walloon network.
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Originally published by La Libre Belgique in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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