Comment by KronisLV

> I was in Latvia a few weeks ago. Riga’s one of the Europeans cities without a good transit link from the airport into city. Snooping around online, I found that the recommended way to get a ride was the use of an app called Bolt, a European clone of Uber.

Here's the bus that goes from the airport into the center of the city: https://saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv/index.html#bus/22/a-b/1541...

Pretty much all public transport here is also covered by Google Maps, both the buses, trams and others (although I think the micro-buses might have a different ticket thing going on, I don't really ride those).

You can pay for the ticket with an app, by scanning a QR code on the inside of the vehicle (or inputting a code), allows paying with Apple Pay and other similar methods for buying tickets. A single ticket costs 1.50 EUR.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flutter.rs...

https://apps.apple.com/lt/app/r%C4%ABgas-satiksmes-koda-bi%C...

Or just buy an e-talons card for any number of rides you need: https://www.rigassatiksme.lv/en/tickets-and-e-ticket/types-o...

On that particular route you have to press the button for them to stop at any given stop, but otherwise it's no different than any other public transport route.

Source: I live here and took that route in the last month.

As for Bolt and Bolt Food, my experiences with both have been fine. Though tbh both the rides and also food deliveries end up being way more expensive than the public transport (around 5-10x, depending on the route and time), as well as either getting meals from the local stores or just cooking yourself.

I'm happy they exist though, can't really speak for what they're like in other EU countries though, sounds like the experience really sucked.