Today’s hate-a-rade flavor of choice among opinion writers: Metro ticket prices. The hike in metro ticket prices was both grounded in faulty economic logic and badly sold to the public, the nation’s columnists say. Ziad Bahaa El Din saysin a column for Al Shorouk that since the metro is not used by the rich, cutting subsidies in the vein of fuel is not a sound idea. Mohamed Amin and Talaat Ismail are harping on the messaging of the decision. The ticket price issue comes as part of an overall package of problems in Greater Cairo’s transportation network, Al Shorouk’s Medhat Nafie says. Solutions to congestion need to go beyond the metro, she added.

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