White hat (objective)

Public transportation stops at 20:00 on Dec 24th and 31th.

NS and other OV-companies say that the demand is too low to create a night service on these days.

People use more cars on those nights than usual. Many accidents are caused by people driving after a party.

Red hat (intuition)

Would the service exist, many people would use it. (supply would drive demand)

Some employees are probably willing to choose to work on these days by preference (no other plans, needing the money, etc). These could support a night service.

Black hat (critical)

Many accidents are caused by people driving after a party.

The cost of having more medical staff at hospitals than usual (and more police staff) outbalances the savings of not providing public transportation.

OV-companies should promote public transportation (due to environment concerns, and to reduce traffic congestions), by providing extensive service, including those nights.

Yellow hat (positive)

The current system allows OV staff to join their family or friends for the evening.

It encourages people to stay close to their home and bond with their neighborhood.

Green hat (creative)

People spending the night far from their place could make arrangements (hotel) to stay there until the morning. For that purpose some hotels could offer discounts.

Like what happens in some bars, the OV-companies could call for volunteers (with pay) within their staff to run a night service on those days, at lower frequency than usual.

Passengers could be made aware that the staff is making “extra effort” on those events and possibly contribute to making the experience more agreeable for everyone (e.g.: paying extra fee for tickets, with extra used to offer presents to the employees)

Blue hat (meta)

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