Jon WorthMar 23

With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?

The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/

Have a read and let me know what you think!

A silly idea to prove a point? The European Railway Ticketing Championship

With Regulations to finally sort the problems with purchasing tickets for trains, Europe-wide, due to be presented by the European Commission this spring, there remains a crucial problem: do the people who are drafting this legislation (in the Commission), deciding on it (in the Council of the EU and the

Jon Worth
Show thread210561 ✨ [Q]Mar 23
@jon I’d like to think I’d be pretty good at that, but in reality I’m probably hopelessly useless once Bahn.de no longer works
Show threadJon Worth
@q You're not going to be alone in that 🙂 And one of the things I am going to have to include is things where bahn(dot)de cannot plan you a route!
Mar 23 at 10:30amWeb
Show threadMaartjeMar 23
@jon @q just add "bahn.de got deleted by an intern who pushed test content again it is down, find a way through germany"
Show thread210561 ✨ [Q]Mar 23
@jon @maartje through Germany that’s fine, the Germans published NeTeX is in enough places. the bigger problem comes from other countries where the only sensible access to their data is via the Bahn
Show threadMartin HoffmannMar 23

@jon @q Easy: Make them use a Linux laptop without the ability to change the browser ID string.

(I don’t actually know if the fixed that one yet.)

Show threadMoritz KräheMar 23
@partim @jon @q What do you mean? I'm (often) on Linux and I've never had any issues with bahn.de?
Show threadMartin HoffmannMar 23

@moritzkraehe For a while, either searching or booking a ticket lead to an error claiming you are a bot, even if you were logged in and everything. Looks like at least right now this isn’t the case.

@jon @q

Show threadAndi BarthMar 23
@moritzkraehe @partim @jon @q I said the same, and since then I regularly run into issues when searching for connections. As in "you clicked too fast, and now we're not showing you anything anymore".