> because compared to overseas rollouts it's still a trash fire
That's unfair because you are implicitly only comparing against successful rollouts.
Having used a variety of bus systems in South America and Auckland, I can say there are plenty of shitty systems out there.
I tried to use Auckland the other day and couldn't because I didn't have the required bus card. I couldn't use contactless payment from my phone and I had just arrived from overseas so no cash. I was told they don't accept cash anyway. I had to Uber instead.
After dealing with crappy overseas it was eye-opening to have multiple similar problems in my own country (not just bus access) e.g. cash machines don't support contactless so I couldn't get cash - I had lost my CC)
That's unfair because you are implicitly only comparing against successful rollouts.
Having used a variety of bus systems in South America and Auckland, I can say there are plenty of shitty systems out there.
I tried to use Auckland the other day and couldn't because I didn't have the required bus card. I couldn't use contactless payment from my phone and I had just arrived from overseas so no cash. I was told they don't accept cash anyway. I had to Uber instead.
After dealing with crappy overseas it was eye-opening to have multiple similar problems in my own country (not just bus access) e.g. cash machines don't support contactless so I couldn't get cash - I had lost my CC)