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Press release
Better Connected: tap-and-go travel across trains, trams and buses announced in government's new transport strategy
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/better-connected-tap-and-go-travel-across-trains-trams-and-buses-announced-in-governments-new-transport-strategy
Strategy sets the direction for a more joined-up transport network that works better for passengers, drivers and communities across England.
Better Connected: tap-and-go travel across trains, trams and buses announced in government's new transport strategy

Strategy sets the direction for a more joined-up transport network that works better for passengers, drivers and communities across England.

GOV.UK
Apr 2 at 11:57amWeb
Show threadDar2d ago

@kim_harding

I both love and distrust this!?

I live in Manchester. I pay £2 for 1 journey. I Think I pay no more than £5 for whatever I do all day. It's bloody awesome. I cycle mostly so rarely use it as a service but it's still bloody awesome.

I also wonder how many #american corporations will have my location within 30 seconds of tapping in for my bus to Aldi.

Show threadMr Fry2d ago
@kim_harding "millions of passengers across England will benefit from simpler, more affordable and more joined-up journeys". Awesome but how much more affordable?
"The strategy also announces a breakthrough new partnership with Google" No. Please no. Just no.
Show threadJon PENNYCOOK2d ago

@kim_harding but why Google?
> The strategy also announces a breakthrough new partnership with Google, allowing passengers across England to track their bus in real time through Google Maps

https://www.travelinesw.com/ uses OpenStreetMap and data provided by public transport companies, so no need to sell public data to American companies who cooperate with the Trump regime.

traveline sw - welcome

Comprehensive public transport information from A to B by bus, coach, train, ferry in south west England and Great Britain. Find timetables, route maps, bus stop timetables.

Show threadKen Milmore1d ago
@jonpsp @kim_harding And Traveline has been a thing for over 20 years now, so I find it odd that they either don't know about it or should choose to undermine it's usefulness.
Show threadJon PENNYCOOK22h ago
@kbm0 @kim_harding Civil servants get distracted by big American tech firms, I expect, or maybe Google paid loadsamoney
Show threadKen Milmore21h ago
@jonpsp @kim_harding I think there is a mindset now at the senior end of the public sector, when they have to meet a new requirement they call those nice people at Megacorp and let them sort it out. They have been groomed into thinking this way. It doesn't help that they are always 20 years behind so they fail to see how toxic the walled gardens have become, and how they are being made to pay handsomely for technology that has freely available open source alternatives.