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German mass transit goes ticketless

Thursday, April 20, 2006 in Library

By Rhea Wessel

Joe Banker rides this city’s subway every morning from his apartment outside of the city to his office high rise. Each month, he pays roughly €100 ($128) for his transport ticket. This month, however, he was sent to London on short notice for two weeks. Banker has grossly overpaid for riding the rails.

If Joe had an electronic ticket that calculated fares only for the rides he took, he would have about €50 more to spend on a London theater ticket. Creating a more user-friendly and profitable local transit system is one of the goals of a recent project sponsored by the German Mass Transit Association, the Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) with the support of the federal government.

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