My hope is that the political cost of cutting the Deutschlandticket (as in, let it go back to the previous situation) would be too high, so governments will fin

My hope is that the political cost of cutting the Deutschlandticket (as in, let it go back to the previous situation) would be too high, so governments will find a way of making it fit in the budget and only bump the price a little. As context, for people not in Germany: each transportation region sets their own prices, but the new (nationally subsided) €49 ticket is already cheaper than monthlies in most places. This is good and convenient for people living in downtown, but it is a godsend for people living in suburbs, because their distance-based monthlies were sometimes two or three times that. For people living in the edge of a region and commuting to another, it was even worse, as they needed tickets from both regions. I believe the equivalent "legacy" ticket on Deutsche Bahn (all regional transport free) was something like €212/month. €49 is one hell of a deal.