Independent travel remains a hurdle — Virtual
Public Transport
lowers that barrier.
Your special education pupils, neurodivergent clients, MBO students, or elderly people want to participate in society. But public transport crowds, unpredictability, and fear form a barrier. Virtual OV offers safe VR training: realistic scenarios where they buy tickets, transfer, and manage chaos—step by step, at their level.
From tension to natural – ready for the real world.
Neurodivergent VR Training: Independence and Self-Confidence
Your neurodivergent students or clients become overwhelmed in real public transport by crowds and stimuli. Virtual Public Transport offers a low-stimulus VR environment where they build travel skills — without stress, at their own pace.
With every session, you strengthen their:
- Executive functions : Time management (transfer times), maintaining attention (reading the route), planning (buying a ticket)
- Procedural memory : Automatic check-in, hold ticket, exit door — ingrained through repetition
- Self-confidence : From "never alone" to "first ride with your close guidance"
Result: guided steps to the real world.
Easy implementation, powerful results
Our plug-and-play public transport training only requires a VR headset and the accompanying software. Our train-the-trainer program teaches caregivers how to optimally support clients using Virtual Public Transport.
“If you want to give them the world, teach them to travel.”
Behavioral expert Joke de Haan
"Traveling by public transport has given me the freedom I have now."
Former student - Spinaker Alkmaar
"Teacher, if I learn this, I'll be able to take the train to work later and won't have to take the bus anymore."
Student - The Chameleon Roosendaal
"Virtual public transport is a real game changer for our students."
Marloes Heidekamp - Kranenburg Practical Education
What makes Virtual Public Transport so effective is the fun factor. When our young people enjoy something, their responsive brain kicks in.
Dmitri Hazes – Head Care Alkmaar
Learning to travel on public transport
- Use a travel planner app or website to plan your route.
- Check in advance which bus or train you need to take, at what time and where you need to transfer.
- Identify important details such as line numbers, departure times, and stops.
Select the correct bus or train
- Check the information boards at the stop or station to see if your bus or train is arriving.
- Please pay close attention to the line number, the final destination and any changes in the route or departure time.
- Use your working memory to remember which stop to get off or change at.
Dealing with unexpected situations such as delays
- Stay calm if your travel time changes or a train is delayed. Check alternatives in the app or on the board.
- Be flexible: sometimes you have to take a different route or wait a while.
- Try to think of solutions, such as taking a different connection or asking public transport employees for help.
Social interactions
- Politeness to fellow travelers and public transport personnel.
- If you are unsure about your connection, ask drivers, conductors, or an information desk for assistance.
Virtual Public Transport : Perfect match with the Citizenship learning objective!
Virtual Public Transport makes it easy to achieve citizenship goals. Our interactive VR platform helps students travel independently and develop their social skills.
By offering interactive lessons, information is absorbed faster and retained better. Discover how Virtual Public Transport can support your school in achieving these important goals!
Who we work with
New Mobility Foundation
NS
Arriva
Knowledge platform
CROW
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Discover how Virtual Public Transport can help your students or clients grow in self-reliance and self-confidence.
