Stefan LindbohmFeb 25

New feature of the Railfinder journey planner live today: avoiding station changes that require a metro or similar

We now consider transfers in three levels: within a station, walking between nearby stations, and changes that require local transit.

If the fastest journey possible requires a worse change of stations, we calculate other options that have easier transfers. And we promote the easier journeys higher in the list of results.

For example going Brussels - Barcelona skipping Paris ⤵️

Show threadQuixoticgeekFeb 25
@stefanlindbohm that's awesome. How difficult would the option for only doing changes with level access boarding? Or only where there's a lift?
Show threadStefan Lindbohm

@quixoticgeek It’s certainly possible technically, but the issue is we don’t yet have the data for it. I think it should be available for many countries, although definitely not across all of Europe. So then comes also a UX challenge of what to do when data is missing to not give false promises.

We would love to build a reduced mobility mode with adaptations like this and more, but it will have to come later due to the complexity of it.

Feb 25 at 5:03pmIvory for iOS
Show threadStefan LindbohmFeb 25
@quixoticgeek In certain ways it’s similar to having a bike transport search mode which is also on our list to do once we can handle the complexities of it :)