notaJul 8, 2023
Fun D-Ticket quirk: None of the ferries on the bodensee are included, however! There are busses that use the ferry and those are included. And you can just get out of the bus on the ship.
Show threadReiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Jul 8, 2023
@nota What on earth...
Show threadCosima (she/her)Jul 8, 2023
@prefec2 @nota for the locals this makes totally sense as the ferries here are overly crowded with (tourist) cars in summer. Encouraging/incentivising public transport is one countermeasure. Also if you use the bus you can instantly board the ferry (cars might have to wait, at worse for >1h).
Show threadYsegrim
@gazebo_c @prefec2 @nota It still sounds strange to me that having 20 passengers plus a bus on a ferry seems to be preferable to having these 20 passengers without a bus on the ferry, and leaving the bus at the docks. I mean, in the bus, they can't have that much luggage, can they?
Jul 8, 2023 at 7:36pmWeb
Show threadnotaJul 8, 2023
@ysegrim @gazebo_c @prefec2 The way I understand it is that there's no special arrangement for the ferry at all. The bus operator, who happens to be public, just pays the ferry operator, which also happens to be public, for a heavy vehicle on the ferry. And like any other vehicle, you can leave it while the ferry is going.
So it's not that they deliberately want to prevent it, it's more that they'd have to specifically enable it.
Show threadFloJul 8, 2023

@prefec2 @gazebo_c @nota @ysegrim Also known in German as „Der Amtsschimmel wiehert mal wieder“.

Translation into English by ChatGPT:
“The phrase ‘Der Amtsschimmel wiehert’ translates to ‘The office horse is neighing’ in English. This is a humorous, idiomatic expression that is used to mock bureaucratic inefficiency or absurdity in German-speaking regions.“