Liepāja to Dismantle Ticket Punchers by April — Finally Something More Valuable Than Riga's Metro
While Riga still dreams of functioning public transport, Liepāja is already erasing the last traces of paper tickets.
Liepāja public transport has announced that old ticket punchers will be removed from buses by April 1st, officially ending the era when a ride cost less than a coffee. Old tickets still need to be exchanged at 5 Peldu Street, where the lines are shorter than at Riga's public transport customer service centers.
The electronic payment system in Liepāja has been operating since October, which is faster than Riga has implemented any digital solution. Local resident Jānis Liepiņš comments: "Finally we can ride without thinking about small change. Now there's more time left to stroll around Liedags and ponder why our transport works better than the capital's."
The implementation of the new system means more than a ton of paper will be saved annually — that's more than the Riga City Council consumes in a single meeting when deciding on the next road repair. Digitalization in Liepāja isn't just a buzzword, but a real solution, while the capital is still looking for ways to rename "problems" as "challenges."
After April 1st, payment will only be electronic, which means even our grandmothers will be more progressive than Riga's traffic planners. And that's no April Fool's joke.
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