#carris — Public Fediverse posts

@sustainrelease Yeah, it's all just Carris Metropolitana now, both north and south of the river. Exceptions are #MobiCascais in #Cascais, #TCB in #Barreiro and #Carris in #Lisbon itself, everything else is now just Carris Metropolitana. #GoogleMaps didn't update yet but you can find all new lines in the #Moovit and #CityMapper apps. Many of the old scattered companies didn't show up in basically any planning app, so even though many lines are basically the same as the old ones, they are WAY more accessible now. Also they all use exactly the same simple pricing system, so you know that #Zapping will work on all of them for occasional trips and the #Navegante pass (o #Passe) works no issue too. They replaced ALL buses, it's a completely new fleet, so no worn out vehicles any more either!

Since #NewYear here in the #Lisbon Metropolitan Area #AML in the Municipalities of #Sintra, #Oeiras, #Amadora, #Loures, #Odivelas, #Mafra and #VilaFrancadeXira the bus network has been replaced with the all new #CarrisMetropolitana and while there are a good bunch of buses that are late and maybe some that never showed up, I think it's a pretty big step forwards.

I went yesterday from #Estoril via #Ericeira to #CampoGrande, checked out the current situation in #Sacavem and then returned via #CaisdoSodre and the #LinhadeCascais and today I quickly went to the #IKEA in #Alfragide to have something to eat, and on my way there and back I felt such a big relieve about being able to go to those places now. Many individual connections have existed before but not with the same frequency and at worse stops, so it didn't really work as a network. People in #Portugal really work on #CommunalKnowledge so the change is a big shock, but when up to date I see almost everyone is mostly happy that a significant improvement is being made, because the previous situation was just plain shameful. My prediction is that if Carris Metropolitana manages to implement Google Maps support and live vehicle location, in about 6 months it will probably work better than the flagship bus company so far in Lisbon, #Carris, and the bus driver I told this to was like "yeah now it's not like that yet, but you might very well be right".