Montpellier now has free public transport. Here's how to get a pass
Montpellier now has free public transport. Here's how to get a pass
Montpellier has launched its free public transport scheme ahead of Christmas.
Montpellier residents can sign up for a free transport pass on the M’Ticket app and the TAM website. Photo ID and proof of address are required.
If fares were such an insignificant source of income before when residents had to pay, why bother ticketing at all when the only fare payers left would be an extreme minority that also happen to be your guests?
So much money spent on ticketing systems, apps, registration and other overhead that nobody needs and could be spent on improving the service instead if it was simply free for everyone. I highly doubt doing that makes any sort of profit. I don't get it.I agree with your reasoning. But Montpellier is a quite a tourist place especially during summer. Maybe it still make profit with them it is not a smal minority.
I am not sure tourists in Montpellier are such a rarity.
Estimated population is about 480 000.
I could not find great sources for how much tourism they get, but this page gives a number for conference attendants like 10 years ago and that was 1 200 000 per year (https://www.invest-in-montpellier.com/en/tourism-strategic-sector-montpellier-metropole)
Of course they don't stay all year but these are all people not paying their taxes there and it makes sense to still ticket them.