The public transit crisis can no longer be hidden behind the polished PR of the new 2026–2028 Local Transport Plan, which hollowly promises a grand 10-minute frequency standard. Fresh performance assessments reveal deep structural decay: nearly 10% of all Ringbahn trains are vanishing—canceled entirely due to a chronic lack of operational resources and aging hardware. On eastern lines like the S7, pünktlichkeit has plummeted to a state where delay is the baseline reality.