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[Junker]

List of cities (areas) with smart card ticketing for public transportation

Any new cities can be added with for example:

train/subway/bus service
name of card
type of technology used in the card
date of trial or start of city's use of the new smartcard/contactless transportation card
anything else you find of interest

Used for human traffic pattern monitoring (for better transporation efficiency of course...)

[byron mc]

BRISBANE finally faces a future with a smart card ticketing system.

there will be no need to spend time working out zones, fares and tickets. The smart card does all the brain work.
Having a go card will mean that transit users should never fumble for small change, or meet the annoying and user-unfriendly demand that larger notes are not acceptable tender. Top-ups can be made online or elsewhere.

Flexing the smart cards
March 11, 2008, Queensland Newspapers
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23349929-27197,00.html


No date or timeline for implementation in the article.

[byron mc]

MELBOURNE is facing a public transport ticketing disaster, with the ageing Metcard system close to collapse and the state's transport officials considering abandoning the troubled $500 million myki smartcard system.
Commuters are likely to face more "out of order" machines as spare parts are becoming harder to source, and the limited stock of new equipment is barely enough to outfit the city's expanding transport network.
Setting a roll-out date, however, has proved impossible. A trial of the new system on Geelong buses late last year identified problems with "front office" computer software. A second trial, using the 12th version of the software, is due late this year.

Opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder warned that the city faced ticketing chaos. "That (Metcard) system could crash and myki not be ready," he said. "Minister Kosky may get the opportunity to expand her free public transport beyond 7am in the morning."

March 2, 2008
Passengers face $500m ticket chaos
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/citys-500m-ticket-chaos/2008/03/01/1204227055164.html

[Junker]

American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
www.apta.com/research/info/briefings/briefing_6.cfm

Their take on:

Smart Cards and U.S. Public Transportation

Contactless smart cards, credit card-sized plastic cards with an embedded antenna and
computer chip, are beginning to gain traction at U.S. public transit agencies. The
contactless electronic link between card and reader equipment allows for a very fast
interface that is needed by mass transit. Using smart cards to replace traditional transit
tickets or tokens holds the promise of reducing cash handling, equipment maintenance,
and security costs; increasing convenience for riders; improving collection of ridership
data; lending a more modern image to transit; and providing new opportunities for
innovative fare structures and marketing.
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[byron mc]

SEPTA plans to use contactless bank cards that will make the use of public transportation just a "common retail purchase," SEPTA spokesman Gary Fairfax wrote in an e-mail.

He described two future options for SEPTA passengers - they can either choose to pay with their debit or credit cards or purchase a branded card from SEPTA with a preloaded sum of money.

SEPTA will issue a proposal request for this system in mid-2008 and hopes to award a contract by the end of the year, Fairfax wrote.

This new fare-collection system would completely replace the current system, which relies on the use of tokens and cash.

2/27/08
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/02/27/News/A.Smarter.Way.To.Ride.Septa.In.The.Works-3236825.shtml
A smarter way to ride SEPTA in the works

[byron mc]

PATCO, the rail line between Center City and South Jersey, implemented its own smart-card system in November, and New Jersey Transit hopes to develop a new fare-collection system that will be compatible with all other public transit options in the New York and New Jersey areas.

2/27/08
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2008/02/27/News/A.Smarter.Way.To.Ride.Septa.In.The.Works-3236825.shtml

[byron mc]

Transit-specific contactless fare payment programs also continue to gain grounds in US by means of active transit fare payment programs in Washington, Baltimore, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, Seattle, Minneapolis, Houston, Boston and Atlanta.

March 2008
http://epnn.com/content/view/16222/419/

[byron mc]

Chicago possibly selling its fare collection system to a bank

The bank would not set fares, just collect them, and CTA would still get all fares that are collected.

But Huberman said as technology advances, it makes sense for CTA to get out of the fare-collection business and let a bank replace fare card machines with automatic tellers that could take your fare, deduct it from a credit or debit card, or dispense you money.

"People should be paying with their cell phone, they should be paying with credit cards, and other means, and we should have a third party who can monetize the advantage of having the largest ATM network in the city, that can monetize the value of being first to market in this particular region with what will certainly be a cashless society in the future."

Huberman did not address whether banks would be allowed to charge riders a fee to collect their fares, much like the charges banks impose for cash withdrawals.

He said the discussions were in the early stages.

CTA Looks At Selling Fare Collection System
05 March 2008
http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/1770557.php?

What's in it for a bank? Of COURSE they will charge you a fee. that is huge revenue for banks...Fees.
And along with linking an account to your travel so will your trip be trackable and your name attached to the travel data. And then think of the advertising connections they will have to use this data for as well. And if they don't charge riders a fee to collect fares it will probably be supplemented with advertising.
Not only will the CTA have your passenger journey data, the financial institution will as well. And we know how the financial institutions' are regulated and the data given to the government...

also see :
UK Police make 3,000 requests for passenger journey data from Oyster cards
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?&topic=17079.0


for all the plans of major banks, telecoms and cities' various pilots and trials:
Cell Phone Service Providers Start Global NFC Initiativeyour phone as ID/payment
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?&topic=16667.0

[byron mc]

and street parking contactless e-tickets.
Warsaw residents use the contactless cards for bus, tram, and metro rides, as well as for street parking.

this is a new idea as it's not been done before.
with a database your vehicle can be tracked over time where it was parked in that city or cities that share a database from On Track Innovations Ltd. months later you COULD be questioned if a murder occurred and the the leads dried up and they resorted to this if your vehicle was parked in the vicinity.

OTI gets additional contract from Warsaw
May 5 2008
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2008/05/05/oti-gets-additional-contract-from-warsaw/

[khagler]

Los Angeles has recently introduced one of these systems:

http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/tap/tap.htm

I've never used it myself, I stick to the cardboard monthly pass.  :-)

[byron mc]

In Tokyo, parents can use their children’s transit cards to keep track of them. The rechargeable, RFID-enabled Pasmo transportation card can be linked to readers located not just in train stations and buses, but also schools and even homes. When a card is scanned at a linked location, an email can be sent automatically to a parent, letting them know the card’s carrier has safely reached their destination.

May 15 2008
http://www.rfidnews.org/news/2008/05/15/rfid-tags-protect-japanese-kids-beer-kegs/

When the child uses the PASMO to check-in at school, enter/leave a train station, or arrive back at home, the parent is notified via mobile or PC. The system does not use GPS tracking as with kid-friendly mobile phones.
Track, Pay, and Access all with the PASMO Card

May 17th 2008
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/track_pay_and_access_all_with_the_pasmo_card.php

this spreads out a transit system using RFID technology hooked up to an account to use fare $ money from.
This is a secondary use.
tracked in transportation, Schools and homes? A surveillance society...

[byron mc]

TrainLine Smart later in 2008, ahead of its full introduction next year.
TheTrainLine will initially introduce smart ticketing for season tickets with individual operators, with individual trips and routes across operator networks to follow later.

It will allow rail passengers to link train tickets to smart cards or to Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones,


Passengers will touch either the cards or NFC phones to a mobile or fixed reader, similar to the Oyster system used on the London Underground. First Ondemand will provide a mobile-phone security solution for TrainLine Smart.

South West Trains will start running a smart ticketing system from February next year, followed by CrossCountry trains and London Midland, Intercity and East Midlands Trains in 2010.
Smart tickets are expected to begin to move onto mobile phones from 2011, when the large-scale take up of NFC-enabled phones is anticipated.

4 June 2008
http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39240482,00.htm



This is a trial through 2009 it sounds like and again 2012 looks like the year NFC phones will start the mainstream run for ID and even short train rides (pay per ride).  Blackmarket & nominee purchased smartcards will be the only way to travel anonymously...


also see: 

Cell Phone Service Providers Start Global NFC Initiativeyour phone as ID/payment 
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=16667.0

[byron mc]

Once he obtained the key used by the London transit system, Dr. Jacobs then brushed up aside passengers carrying Oyster cards. Wirelessly, Jacobs collected the person's card information on his laptop and later he was able to use that data to clone a fresh transit card and gain free access to the London transit system.
how to clone the Mifare Classic smartcard used in London's Oyster transit card.

n the United States, Boston's Charlie transit card is based on the Mifare Classic technology. Mifare Classic is also used for transit systems or worker access in Hong Kong, Beijing, Madrid, Bangkok, and New Delhi.

London transit cards cracked and cloned
June 26, 2008
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9978486-57.html?tag=nefd.top


there's a video at the link also.

[byron mc]

New South Wales' failed Tcard smartcard transit ticketing system has been resuscitated
Cabinet this week gave the go-ahead to reinstate the Tcard project, which was previously sacked after a failed 10-year $367 million contract with smart card vendor ERG limited.

Shadow minister for transport Gladys Berejiklian said the government is using the Tcard relaunch to divert attention away from an expected 30 per cent increase in public transport fares.

03 Jul 2008
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/4655551b-013e-4300-9212-83e8333c0453.html

[vonuvan]

Los Angeles has recently introduced one of these systems:

http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/tap/tap.htm

I've never used it myself, I stick to the cardboard monthly pass.  :-)

Does your monthly pass have a mag strip?