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In the second Back to the Future flick, Stephen Spielberg envisioned a future with flying cars, one that according to the date on the DeLorean's dashboard is just three years away. That gives GM and company several months to get on the ball, but in the meantime, there are still trains, planes, and land-based automobiles to get from point A to point B. Getting with the times not a moment too soon, Amtrak announced it's now accepting eTickets on all of its trains. Welcome to the Internet era, Amtrak.
"eTickets deliver the convenience and flexibility expected by passengers and its innovative technology is transforming other aspects of how Amtrak does business," Amtrak chief Joe Boardman said in a statement (PDF).
Amtrak's eTicket system lets travelers print their ticket at home and skip waiting in line at the ticket window, or present their eTicket to the conductor using their smartphone. Everything should run smoothly at this point, as Amtrak piloted the eTicket program on five routes prior to Monday's national rollout.
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Whatme45
July 31, 2012 at 5:32pm
I think this is pretty cool. Just one more step on using your phone as a wallet. Now only if they could do something about those retail stores and their "association cards".
ultrapain
July 31, 2012 at 10:22am
It's sad to see that these morons took this long to roll out this infrastructure. I think it's classic that the Washington transportation authority still walks around on MARC trains and uses a paper punch to punch a hole in your ticket. What is this, 1950? It scares me that the US is supposed to be in the technology forefront of the world. Is everyone else living in caves??? I don't think so.
tekknyne
July 31, 2012 at 8:06am
Welcome to 1997 Amtrak. If you fools understood about 50 years ago that you are in the transportation industry instead of the "railroad" industry, I bet our transportation infrastructure would look a lot different and arguably successful.
