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Part of the issue with public transport is also very much a service issue. Switzerland has a fantastic "Easy ride" system where you swipe a button in an app to
by LaurensBER 3y ago
Part of the issue with public transport is also very much a service issue.
Switzerland has a fantastic "Easy ride" system where you swipe a button in an app to check-in and swipe it at your destination to check-out. It automatically combines trips and applies any relevant discounts. In The Netherlands you can check-in using a bank card so you don't even need an app.
If we want to encourage people to use public transport more, we need to have such a system Europe wide. Grabbing a train should be more convenient than booking a flight, for a family with kids, making a reservation weeks in advanced , at a specific time isn't always reasonable and it's definitely not convenient.
- xenonite 3y agoMaybe this works in Switzerland, where delays are rare. But in Germany, where delays are frequently more than one hour, EU law requires the train company to pay back a part of the price because of the delay. But if you cannot show when you would have arrived with no delays, because you used such an app, it does make such an app unattractive.
- k8sToGo 3y agoEasyRide is quite buggy and at the end you still have to double check if what they charged is right.
- tremon 3y agoThe Netherlands you can check-in using a bank card How does that work for a family with kids? FAFAIK you can't check in twice using the same card, so does every child need its own bank card or travel pass? In that case, when travelling with a group, I'd choose the app over a stack of plastic cards any day.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoNobody said you had to; you're still welcome to buy a ticket.