The district councils of the network districts expressly emphasize that they see the state as having a duty to ensure funding for the mobility guarantee regardless of the possible introduction of a mobility pass, as the state sets the standards. The mobility guarantee means that at least a 15-minute interval is to be established in conurbations and a 30-minute interval from 5 a.m. to midnight in rural areas. In the first stage up to 2026, the 15- and 30-minute intervals are to be offered during rush hour.
The district councillors make it clear that there is no junction between participation in the pilot project, namely the creation of the calculation basis for the mobility guarantee and mobility pass on the one hand, and their implementation on the other, which requires political evaluation in any case. However, the regional councils also emphasize that the network districts will participate seriously and constructively in the investigations and the provision of facts and figures. The district administrators reject the criticism of individual regional councils. They also refer to the districts' own responsibility in this matter.
With regard to the mobility pass, the state of Baden-Württemberg would like to give the local authority level the opportunity to collect money to finance additional public transport services or reduced fares.The state would like to leave it up to the local authority level to decide whether, to what extent and from whom the local transport levy is collected. Possible models would be a levy per inhabitant, per car owner or per car user. An external service provider is to prepare the model calculations and complete them by mid-2022.
