If you ride the tram line or bus network....you have to card-in or card-out each time. Regular passengers all have a credit device with a chip. Tourists buy a one-day-only chip card.
So, in theory.....they can run a history on you twenty-four hours a day....over the past ten years (if data exists) and note where you entered or left their cars.
The second unusual thing that I came to notice was the Haag railway station. It was likely engineered by a kid-turned-engineer who was a lego expert.
The trams (light rail for the city only) run by the side of the building....dropping you off within twenty feet of the front-door. You walk in and here are is the ground level with the shops, grocery operations and burger stops. To the end is the bicycle parking lot (probably enough room for 20,000 easily), and the long-distance train lines. Above all of this...on the second floor....are the regional trains.
I stood and admired the way that this was all connected up and functioning.
Out front of the station...they've cornered off a 300 by 300 foot area for some indoor mall area coming in 2018.
I have to admit that they've made the city into a place where you really don't need a car. With a scooter or bike, and tram usage....you could survive easily without a car.
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