I'm not a huge fan of buses but I'll take a minute now to explain how they work in Japanpic.twitter.com/4k8r3YNbGZ
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The rear door is for boarding, the front door is for exiting. Why? Well, as you board, you take a slip of paper from a machine by the doorpic.twitter.com/eEcjgbhUBz
That slip of paper tells you the stop you boarded at. At the front of each bus is an LED display listing every stop on the bus's route.
Each stop on the display has a fare underneath it. As the bus proceeds along the route, the fares change to reflect how long you've been on.
The longer you stay on the bus, the higher your fare will be when you get off. When it's your stop, you walk up to the front...
...present your paper slip, pay the driver whatever the fare on the screen is for the stop you boarded at, then alight.
It's pretty great--no wasted time while people fumble for change as they board; distance-based fares keep revenue in line with costs.
definitely--in the sense that they're more like trains that way
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