What's the logic behind the the organization of Hamburg's bus transport into "rings"?
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Each ring is a collection of fare zones -- that is, a particular geographical area -- as shown on the zone map:
Even though this is not very detailed, comparison with the S-Bahn and U-Bahn network should show that rings A and B covers pretty much everywhere you will have any reason to go, other than because you live out there.
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They're not routes. They're fare zones. People who ride from farther away pay more for their tickets.
There may well be circumferential (crosstown) routes that ring the city. However, they want those routes to stay in the same ring, not cross ring borders multiple times during the journey (making fare pricing very confusing). So they place the "rings" so they aren't anywhere near the crosstown routes.
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The 'rings' and 'zones' are used for ticket pricing.
If you live in Hamburg, and you don't regularly need to travel outside Hamburg, then the main zones and rings are those highlighted in blue on Hamburg transport maps. The rings are the letters, i.e., ring A & B. The bold black numbers are the zones. If you take out a season ticket, they become relevant because you may either choose the whole blue region or you choose the distinct zones you need on a regular basis. The blue area is called "Hamburg Greater Area" or "Großbereich Hamburg".
Rings C - E are only relevant when you live outside Hamburg and use the public transport including regional trains to go to work and a monthly season ticket makes sense. Otherwise, you would be simply choosing the final destination station in order to buy a single ticket.
You can download the Tarifplan or Fare Zones Map from
https://www.hvv.de/en/timetables/line-route-networks-plans/overview
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