Milan-Cortina is getting ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics, and it is not necessarily going as planned. A first controversy has already erupted over the new pricing of public transport tickets, linked to the expulsion of an 11-year-old child from a bus this week.
As Corriere della Serra reports, a boy, taking line 30 between Calalzo and Cortina, site of many Olympic Games events, was forced to get off the bus by the driver because he was in possession of ordinary tickets at 2.50 euros, rather than the new Olympic ticket in force at 10 euros.
“What happened is unacceptable”
Left without a solution or means to contact his loved ones, the young boy traveled 6 km on foot in the cold to find his home. The family filed a complaint for child abandonment against the transport company Dolomiti Bus and against the driver of the vehicle.
As a preventive measure, the company announced the suspension of its driver, pending the results of an internal commission of inquiry. “Dolomiti Bus firstly expresses its relief after learning from the family that the child did not suffer serious consequences and that he is doing well,” the company explains in a press release.
The incident has already sparked multiple reactions from the political side. “If the family’s version were confirmed, it would be an extremely serious fact,” regretted the president of the province Roberto Padrin.
The opposition quickly seized on the subject to denounce “the failure of the management of public transport with a view to the Olympic Games”, according to the regional councilor of the Democratic Party Alessandro Del Bianco. “What happened is unacceptable,” deplores MP Elisabetta Piccolotti. Not only is it inhumane, but it is also dangerous, policies related to the Olympics cannot in any way compromise people’s safety. »
