Overview
- The Stadtrat is slated to vote Thursday on admitting a citizens’ initiative that seeks to preserve Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe services at 2024 levels.
- TAG24 obtained a confidential DVB supervisory-board document describing two austerity options, including shifting the base headway from 10 to 15 minutes and scrapping tram line 10.
- The paper projects the removal of 14 to 16 trams, 25 to 29 buses, and up to 144 positions, with potential annual ridership losses of up to ten million passengers.
- City spokesperson Daniel Heine said the scenarios are not final decision variants, and DVB declined to comment on the content.
- Political tensions have intensified over conflicting legal opinions and alleged influence on the municipal review, as protest organizers plan rallies outside city hall.