News for public transport: Heuing becomes VBB managing director!

News for public transport: Heuing becomes VBB managing director!

The Transport Association Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) has made a dramatic leadership change. According to reports, Christoph Heuing, who is currently working as the managing director of the Mittelthüringen Transport Association, is expected to take on the role of the new VBB boss. The 42-year-old introduced himself to the supervisory board on Thursday and received promising signals, as reported on rbb24 . This position has been vacant since Ute Bonde left at the end of May.

Ute Bonde was unanimously appointed the new managing director of VBB. The lawyer, who previously headed the project company of the Berlin Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), will play its new role on May 1st. With her expertise, she is supposed to close the gap in the management of VBB for months after her predecessor Susanne Henckel had given up the office due to her appointment as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport. Dr. Meike Niedbal, the chairman of the supervisory board, praised Bonde as a "excellent traffic expert", which is highly regarded in both the capital and in rural Brandenburg. Your tasks will include the quality improvement in local transport and the expansion of the system.

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In addition, it was decided to extend the price reduction for the social ticket Berlin to 9 euros by another month by April 30th. This decision is made at the same time as the planned start of the so-called Germany ticket on May 1, 2023, which is offered as a subscription offer for public transport. VBB customers can look forward to comprehensive information about the Germany ticket, which could significantly change the current tariff system, so "https://www.vbb.de/presse/ute-bonde-werd-neue-schafttsfsfuerin-des-vbb/" target = "_ blank"> vbb.de