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the "press stop before you want off"-problem is very european. going to foreign cities is a mess, since you have to guess what stop will be the next and if it would be appropriate to press button now. in denmark, the bus drivers ignores the stop signal if it's pressed shortly after leaving a bus stop.

i take taxis.

And yes you need to have a PHD in public transport to "get" the ticketing machine that are omnipresent in german train- and busstations.

It has something to do with getting a code for a destination, entering that code and offering money to the machine - finding out you STILL got the wrong ticket cause its weekend, a full moon and forgot the #RoyalWedding discount

Whenever I've gone anywhere I needed to do the "push to stop", I'd talk to the driver and kindly ask him to stop and warn me...

However I admit I've been lucky to find either spanish or english-speaking bus drivers, and generally not too rude... probably not common in germany or denmark :-)

With the newer ticket machines (as eg. present in Hamburg) you can enter your destination directly and you'll get the right ticket. So that's at least an improvement. Until you get down to the tracks and there's two tracks with trains going into different directions but showing the same number and destination of course. :D

But yeah, when I planned to go to Tokyo everyone was kinda warning me about the overcomplicated public transport system - and when I came there I found it completely logical and very intuitively to use (The thing with the gates that stay open and only close when something's wrong is just genius). And next time I'll even prepared for the ticket machine shouting "Domo Arigato" at full volume and I won't jump back in shock making everyone else in the station go "haha, tourist!" at me ;)

i found the saarbrucken bus system perfectly logical and well-run but a) i speak a bit of german and b) its the same system as in denmark. Also i like riding public transportation (yes i am mad).

no you aren't.
public transport is a great thing.
though, of course!, timetables are the most logical in STUTTGART where everyone is able to understand them ;)

Stuttgart.. It's a silly place...

Are there any demoparties in Japan ? Sounds like a nice excuse for a good trip :)

kb: yeah, Tokyo is incredibly easy =) and even with the language barrier.. come on, there are replicas of the food in most food shops :) great place, I want to go back =)

Last time I visited my hometown Gothenburg I discoverd that they had changed the ticket-system completly. As someone mentioned, if you are supposed to take more than one connection, wich is pretty usual in that city with several commuter-trains, 15+ tramway lines and 100+ busslines, you need a PHD in public transport. I blatantly failed in paying the right price for my journey and got controllerd and fined by evil securityforces that refused to belive me when I said I didnt knew the system because of my strong Gothenburg accent (and the system had been in place for 3 years or so). Fuckers.

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Marseille is more convenient, you can steal a car or motorbike.
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eerhh...? So you mean the bus should stop at EVERY Bus Stop? Are you aware of how long a 10km long bus route would take? There are like stops every 4-500 meters (or even less) usually at bus in any city.

Never tried the bus ticket system in Saarbrucken, but the ones of german trains seem to be ok. Only thing I miss on the ticket is the Final Destination the train is going to, and what track. But we have the same shit in Norway. Can't belive that the people making theese systems have not thought of this.
In Holland btw, they got ticket machines from hell. Don't go there without a prepayd ticket or 100Euros in Coins. Visa Card you say? Fohged'abodid.

Oh and Oslo Train system also sucks...seems all systems suck...must be a concpiracy. Only thing I can figure out is Metro Systems, they are usually the same all over.

A lot of them don't even accept coins anymore, unless you're on smaller stations. At least on Amsterdam Centraal you don't have the coin-op ones anymore ;_)

Any maestro bank card should work, afaik. There used to be major issues in the past, but I haven't had an issue in the past 3 or so years.

tFt: It sounds like you have never been to the Parisian Metro. :P It's like the dungeons of Chtulhu.

revision orgas: a huuuuge thank you for making a wonderful party for us. i loved everything about it. not one single complaint. i also met so many cool people at the party and i can not remember the names of them all.. but thanks to them as well for basically making me smile for 3 days straight. see you next year.. and probably most of you at evoke as well :)

Most of public bus transport in japan also have a stop button, and they have a display and announcements telling next bus stop.
But public bus transport in Saarbrucken don't have a display telling next bus stop.
Stop button help a bus to smoothly run, but you might miss a stop if you can't push button correclty.

In public bus transport in japan, you don't buy tickets before you ride bus and you pay fee when you get out the bus.

ldc:
There will be demoparty in Japan. But date is not yet fixed.

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Vote and comment if you like...

tomohiro: Yeah, unluckily there are still many buses that don't have a display. In some German cities you will only see buses equipped with displays telling the next stop and in some others you will not see a single one...

AND! Big thx to Saga Musix for keeping alive tracked music compos.

Anyone looking for my DJ Set from Saturday, the Video is below..

http://unstablelabel.co.uk/rev11_dj_hoffman_live_sat_h264.mp4

that dj set rocked!

Might check it out, I intended to see it but was boozing/chatting outside and missed it :(

Please, spread the word when you know. :)

Some party pics only viewable with a Facebook account? That has tailing.

djh0ffman: got the DJ Set as audio only anywhere?