Egged finally did something I like!

[trempnvt]

I've complained on here about Egged (the main bus company here) a bunch of times, so I figured it's only fair to post that they've done something right. They raised their prices on January 1st, but the new tickets also serve as unlimited transfer tickets. It used to be that ₪5.90 got you one ride, and if you wanted a transfer, you had to pay ₪6.30

Comments

[ninabrujaha]

You chipped a tooth on a muffin? How is that possible?

[trempnvt]

That's a good question, and I wish I had an answer for you.

[tobeginagain]

Hurray. When I was in Israel over the summer I traveled to Haifa and they had already implemented that system - apparently as their test city. I'm glad to hear Jerusalem is now adopting it as well.

[trempnvt]

I didn't realize they had it outside of Jerusalem. The other evening I met someone from Tel Aviv who was so impressed with it.

[gitl_eli7]

I have a chofshi chodshi so I'm not really affected by the switch. Tho it is cool. The biggest issue I see with this is that Egged busses are still pretty unreliable. Meaning that you may very well spend much of your 75 minutes waiting for a bus or stuck in traffic... But I'm happy you're happy!

[trempnvt]

They're unreliable but I don't think I would miss a second bus in those 75 minutes...maybe a third one.

[amyo]

awesomeness about egged. sorry about the muffin. you feeling alright? post a picture! :-)

[trempnvt]

It looks the same! I was just joking.

[iwillnotcave]

Miriam did that once! But, on an apple. How you managed that with a muffin is another story and rather impressive.