It also makes sense to provide wifi at the stations so a person can use their device to check schedules and things like that. Basically it is cheaper to provide wifi than it is to have interactive terminals.
Providing wifi on buses and trains is something else all together; both in cost as well as logistics. (Do you have mobile hotpots using LTE data, or do you have to rely on stationary devices that have smooth hand-off as the vehicle moves.) And all of that just to be an internet provider, as opposed to offering a service so your customers can use your product better.
Given the cost to me as a tax payer and/or a transit user, I'll just buy my own data plan.
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