Travel in Lisbon and Oporto among cheapest in Europe
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Even as the cost of public transport has been on the rise throughout Europe, travel passes in Oporto and Lisbon remain among the least costly to be found on the continent. For example, the Lisbon public transportation authority, Carris, charges €33.85 for an intermodal (subway and bus) pass, which is just under 7% of the earnings of a person making the national minimum wage (€475). This is 4.3% of the earnings of Portuguese consumers making the average national wage (about €777).
In Oporto, monthly public transportation passes are even less costly, with the least expensive monthly pass costing €29, just under 6% of a minimum wage worker's salary and 3.7% of the national average wage.
To compare with other European cities, Madrid's cheapest intermodal public transportation pass is €48.40, which is 7.5% of the minimum salary in Spain (€641). For residents of Madrid making close to the national average wage, a pass equals roughly 3.2% of their annual wages.
Residents of Berlin earning the national minimum wage pay as much as 9.25% of their monthly income on their €74 travel pass. However, this is not the case across the board, as Berliners who earn closer to the national average income of €2,522 will spend only about 3% of their wages on public transportation.
One of the most expensive cities for public transportation in Europe is London, where minimum wage earners will spend around 10.7% of their €1,138 salary on the most costly monthly travel pass at €122. Paris residents also pay more of their income towards public transit than the residents of Lisbon, with the least expensive travel pass costing €57.60, or 4.2% of the national minimum wage.
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