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134. They plan to discontinue the bus route you always take to work. What can you do to preserve the bus route?

Official German wording

Man will die Buslinie abschaffen, mit der Sie immer zur Arbeit fahren. Was können Sie machen, um die Buslinie zu erhalten?

  1. Ich beteilige mich an einer Bürgerinitiative für die Erhaltung der Buslinie oder gründe selber eine Initiative.
  2. Ich werde Mitglied in einem Sportverein und trainiere Radfahren.
  3. Ich wende mich an das Finanzamt, weil ich als Steuerzahler / Steuerzahlerin ein Recht auf die Buslinie habe.
  4. Ich schreibe einen Brief an das Forstamt der Gemeinde.

Answer options

  1. I join a citizens’ initiative to preserve the bus route, or I establish an initiative myself.
  2. I join a sports club and train cycling.
  3. I contact the tax office because, as a taxpayer, I have a right to the bus route.
  4. I write a letter to the municipality’s forestry office.

Correct answer

I join a citizens’ initiative to preserve the bus route, or I establish an initiative myself.

Explanation

Maintaining a bus route lies within municipal self-government and public transport planning; the competent authorities are the local public transport agencies under state law and the Passenger Transport Act, typically the district or independent city, acting on a local transport plan. Effective participation occurs through collective civic action—citizens’ initiatives and, where available, local referendums—or by petitioning the municipal or district council (Article 17 Basic Law; Article 28(2) Basic Law). Individuals generally lack a subjective public right to any specific route; tax or forestry offices lack jurisdiction. Hence organized local advocacy is the legally and practically appropriate avenue.

Official sources

The German questions come from the original BAMF catalog for the Einbürgerungstest and Leben in Deutschland. Translations and explanations are study aids; verify legal details in the official sources.