Scandal in the Saarpfalz district: Passengers complain about bus chaos!

Scandal in the Saarpfalz district: Passengers complain about bus chaos!

In the Saarpfalz district, the symptoms are increasing about the reliability and punctuality of the bus connections. As Saarbrücker Zeitung Everyday commuting more difficult. A user from Gersheim reported premature departures of the buses. In a concrete example, a bus was even a good ten minutes early.

The symptoms continue: Another person expressed that no bus rides on time and sometimes even fully troubles. This has serious consequences for these passengers. Another affected person stated that they had lost his job due to frequent delays. The pressure to rely on alternative means of transport is reinforced by the fact that many people in emergencies rely on rapes.

punctuality as a mobility problem

The topic of punctuality in public transport is not only relevant locally. An analysis of the ADAC illustrates that unpunctuality is often mentioned as the main reason why people switch to the car increasingly. In Germany, punctuality is defined by Deutsche Bahn (DB) by a delay of up to six minutes as punctual. Failures are not included in these punctuality statistics, which makes the values ​​appear artificially high. The ADAC has therefore used stricter standards and demands that failures are also evaluated as delays in order to obtain more realistic punctuality rates.

In a recent evaluation of the ADAC, the real-time data of the S- and U-Bahnen analyzed in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt, a clear picture emerged: Hamburg was one of the most reliable cities with 99 percent of the planned trips in September 2024. In contrast, the punctuality rates in cities such as Berlin and Frankfurt were clearly behind this number, where just under half of the subways arrive in time.

unreliability as an obstacle to mobility change

The ADAC sees this unpunctuality as a considerable factor that slows down the desired mobility change. A lack of transparency, especially with real -time data, is recognized as a further problem. The traffic sector urgently needs investments in the infrastructure and a reform with regard to the communicated punctuality values. These investments are not only necessary for the big cities, but also for the regions, such as in the Saarpfalz district, where the current conditions seriously impair the mobility of citizens.