Rotterdam to get rid of all paper tickets
Wednesday 04 November 2009
Paper tickets could be a thing of the past on all buses and trams in the Rotterdam region from next February if city transport officials get their way.
The city's metro made the switch to the smart card ov-chipkaart at the beginning of this year but buses and trams have yet to follow. Amsterdam introduced the smart card on its underground railway system this summer.
Rotterdam officials have now applied to junior transport minister Tineke Huizinga to get rid of the paper public transport ticket system altogether from February 11.
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The ov-chipkaart system is poorly designed, more expensive and very inconvenient to use. I get the impression the only purpose of this system is to extort money from the passengers, at any price. Exactly the opposite of "gemakkelijk, eerlijk, en slim" as the OV companies claim. And instead of trying to improve this mess, they prefer to waste money on PR actions.
For me the only way to deal with the situation is to avoid using the transport which has no other option than chipcards, as much as possible - work from home, use bike or car. Whoever created this mess must pay for it, himself.
By George | November 5, 2009 7:00 PM