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Since the traffic behavior of the Swiss population has completely changed since the crown crisis, price supervisor Stefan Meierhans (52) in an interview with BLICK called for a more flexible subscription and GA travel cards and modern rate models .
The industrial organization of the Swisspass Public Transport Alliance is now on the offensive. Spokesperson Thomas Ammann admits to BLICK that there is no flexible public transport offer between the general subscription and the Half-Fare travel card. That is why a project for a new subscription solution is running. “It should be aimed at customers who are more than occasional users, but who don’t drive so much that a GA travel card is worth it.”
GA Home Office Possible as of 2021 Schedule Change
This means, for example, part-time employees, people who work in one place and study in another, or people who switch between home office and office. According to Ammann, testing of the home office GA offering will begin next year. It would be introduced as soon as possible when the calendar changes in 2021.
For the president, representative of clients of Pro-Bahn, Karin Blättler, the new offers are a drop in the water. “For years we have been asking for simple and transparent rates and offers that adapt to the flexible needs of future customers,” emphasizes Blättler. You mean fundamental innovation and not just any system fixes and tweaks with small fixes.
Supersaver tickets cannot direct the flow of travelers
In response to Meierhans’ request for low-threshold offerings such as supersaver tickets to be expanded, Alliance Swisspass spokesperson Ammann mentioned the plan of individual public transport networks to start trials with supersaver tickets. In long-distance transport, the Alliance is also very open to offering new supersaver tickets in the field of transport associations.
Unlike the price monitor, Ammann does not see super saver tickets as a solution to influence traffic flows. “Supersaver tickets only have a limited direction effect,” he says. Only a few travelers traveling during rush hour would switch to less busy hours due to the super saver ticket.
Additionally, Super Savers reduced revenue and did not increase. Therefore, they are not a solution to break passenger peaks or to increase occupancy. Rather, the super saver tickets cannibalized the regular priced tickets.
Priority should be given to saving work packages
Supersaver tickets are not a panacea. According to Ammann, there are other ways to soften the ends. For example, people can use the application to know the load of individual cars and thus avoid them.
Regarding the demand to link the federal government’s crown aid package to public transport, Ammann says: “Now it is important to secure jobs in public transport, we will learn from the crisis and we are convinced that public transport is okay. positioned “.
The organization of the public transport industry is a merger of 250 transport companies; SBB is by far the most important partner.
