Since I started working from home, I rarely take the S-Bahn. While this usually works well, I’ve still witnessed many glitches – something I’m largely spared today. Unfortunately, others cannot work from home and commute to work every day on the S-Bahn. You can see how they are doing on social media. There is a lot of complaining about late or canceled trains. Sometimes a switch is broken, sometimes a signal, sometimes the train doors are on strike.

Deutsche Bahn then promises improvement again and again. But in recent months, a series of breakdowns has strained the patience of commuters and certainly hasn’t helped the image of the S-Bahn. Politicians fear that the desired turnaround in traffic will falter if people then prefer to drive to work or to go shopping in the city.

That is why the Free State, the city of Munich and the districts in the MVV area have now sent a fire letter to the railway board, in which they clearly describe the suffering of commuters and call for improvements. “The lost trust of passengers is difficult to win back. The DB board must finally act now!” demands Munich’s Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD). The authors invited the board members Richard Lutz and Ronald Pofalla to the crisis talks in Munich. Let’s see if these rise to the challenge.

THE DAY IN MUNICH

Administrative court overturns protest ban – more demonstrators in the city center Hundreds of people follow calls to demonstrate in Munich without registering. The decision of the court formally applies only to the applicant. To the continuously updated report from the protest evening.

Red becomes black The city council concludes a budget for 2022 with a plus of 127 million euros – against the votes of the opposition. Their accusation: Green-Red “eat up” all reserves. The reason for the windfall is a veritable trade tax rally.

City council is struggling to use the climate billion The Munich City Hall coalition wants to fight against the “climate crisis of mankind”, the CSU speaks of “fundamentalism”. A policy decision by the city council now lists 250 specific protective measures.

Car rams car door – who has to pay? After an accident in a supermarket parking lot, a woman from Munich will pay for the full repair costs. Without success, because the judges didn’t believe that the door was already open.

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