Momentum is asking the government of Malta to fund a subsidised shared cab scheme in Budget 2027. The party wants a government-backed platform on which a cab costs less when passengers travelling the same way share it. A subsidy for the first two years would keep the price from rising at peak times, across 60 million passenger trips a year. People aged 15 to 24, and people aged 65 and over, would pay a flat fare of €2. Momentum also wants existing cab platforms connected to a centralised, AI-driven system that matches the shared rides.
What Momentum says it would cost
The party says the subsidy would cost €234 million. It sets that against €50 million in time savings, €42 million in fuel savings and €220 million less spent on imported vehicles. On those figures, Momentum says the scheme would leave a net national benefit of €78 million every year. The figures are the party's own.
What Mark Camilleri Gambin said
Mark Camilleri Gambin, the general secretary, said that over recent months he and engineer Marco Cremona had met government and opposition representatives. He said: "We know that this idea is a welcome one. The Malta in Motion plan factors in cabs as part of the solution. We believe that the SHARED element of any cab initiative is key to drastically reduce the impact of cars on the road."
He said: "The true power of this scheme lies in its immediate effect and the fact that it requires no heavy capital investment, unlike the pie in the sky ideas about mass transport solutions that would cost many billions to implement and take decades. This proposal can be piloted with all the existing infrastructure in a matter of months."
He said: "Every day, people across Malta and Gozo lose hours of their lives stuck in traffic. Frequent bus users know how overcrowded the network gets, especially at the country's main interchanges."
He said: "In reality, people are currently working a 6-day working week: 5 days at work and 1 day a week stuck in traffic."
He said: "This problem cannot afford to wait decades for a metro that may never be built. We already have the roads, the cabs and the technology to fix this today; what has been missing until now is the political will to act. In the spirit of finding a cross-party solution to this national problem, we encourage the government to allocate some budget for solutions around shared cabs."
Buses, stops and pavements
Alongside the cab scheme, Momentum wants €150 million for 300 new buses on frequent direct routes, €100 million to upgrade 2,000 bus stops, €100 million for safe and walkable pavements, €20 million to extend the bus lane network, and €2.1 million for accurate real-time travel information.
Times of Malta reported the call on 17 October 2026.