Tripperpas

general

The Tripperpas is introduced on january 8th 2001. It can be used to pay the fare on the Arriva citybuses in Groningen. The Tripperpas is a test initiated by Arriva and the Dutch Ministry of Transport. The Ministry pays Motorola 16 million guilders to develop this system of electronic payment. The test ends on january 1st 2003.

usage

The passenger has to touch in and to touch out. The system calculates the cheapest fare. The fares are paid by an direct debit, every time the total cost of fares reaches 35 guilders.

The tripperpas can be used by more than one passenger at the same time. The driver uses a device called 'driver display unit' to adjust the number of passengers that use the ticket.

In the first months several shops in the city centre of Groningen give discounts to customers who have a Tripperpas.

test results

About 4,000 passengers take part in the test. This is more than the expected 2,500 - 3,000 passengers.

In 2002 Traffic Test conducts a research commissioned by the dutch Ministry of Transport and Arriva. This research is a follow up of a research conducted in May 2001 The second research shows that 9 out of 10 participants used to use a strip ticket. More than two thirds of the passengers traveled one or more times together with more passengers using one Tripperpas. In the first research this was less than 50%. 91% of the passenger say using one Tripperpas for more than one passenger at the same time is a convienant wat of travelling