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[byron mc]

the Western Cape department of transport and public works says it is ready to install its ticketing system in a Golden Arrow bus on the Simon's Town-Ocean View route.
South Africa

The smartcard is to be used to "preload" bus fares for bus routes. Commuters and passengers are to swipe their cards when boarding a bus instead of paying the fare with cash or producing a clip card.

"Commuters in the Simon's Town-Ocean View area appear to be sceptical about our new fare system.

July 04, 2008
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=181&art_id=vn20080704060232359C113104

[byron mc]

update:

The TFL authority recently completed and NFC trial with UK-based credit card issuer Barclaycard and mobile operator O2.


Transport for London plans to open Oyster scheme to contactless credit and debit cards & NFC-enabled mobile phones

Transport for London (TfL), local government body responsible for the transport system throughout Greater London in England, reveals that London’s commuters can soon pay for rides with London underground rail network, buses and trains utilising their Visa payWave, MasterCard PayPass or other contactless banking cards and also with NFC-enabled mobile phones.

The transit authority plans to begin the normal replacement cycle for its 20,000 Oyster terminals around 2010, and it also might equip them to accept contactless banking cards and interoperable transit cards issued in other UK cities.

Plans to open London’s Oyster fare-collection scheme to contactless credit and debit cards that support the global EMV security application for smart cards are advancing, the company says. 

http://epnn.com/content/view/17410/419/



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

[byron mc]

Turkey's Bank Asya has joined with MasterCard to launch a chip and PIN contactless card which can be used to pay tolls on the country's roads and bridges, along with several other applications.

The AsyaCard can be used to pay the tolls required within the Kahramanmaras public transportation project, a municipal initiative in Eastern Turkey. The card can also be used for low value payments at participating merchants via MasterCard PayPass terminals.

Turkish bank launches multipurpose toll card
Thursday, July 3 2008

http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2008/07/03/turkish-bank-launches-multipurpose-toll-card/

[byron mc]

Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah,

The new UV OneCard Plus supports a contactless chip-based door access system, "GreenBucks" campus purchases including discount-dining services on campus, a bus pass

July 7 2008
Utah university, credit union launch instant-issuance OneCard with Visa debit
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2008/07/07/utah-university-credit-union-launch-instantissuance-onecard-with-visa-debit/

Utah Transport Authority (UTA) have signed a contract for ERG to develop and implement an account-based fare collection system which will include acceptance of contactless credit cards. The solution is powered by
MetraTech Corp.'s MetraNet product.

The contract follows a highly successful pilot project in which buses serving Salt Lake City ski areas were equipped with the payment system. In addition to the choice of contactless credit cards, this allowed customers to use smart cards for both transit payment and ski resort access.

MetraTech will also support ERG's roll-out of this solution to the wider industry after the UTA implementation is completed.

Utah Transport Authority's Innovative Contactless Credit Card Payment System Is Powered by MetraTech
2008-11-10
http://www.pr-inside.com/utah-transport-authority-s-innovative-contactless-r905994.htm

Starting Jan. 1, [2009] bus riders will be required to tap their card against an electronic reader when boarding and tap off when exiting a bus or train platform.

With many UVU students, faculty and staff using the UTA bus system, they will need to make sure their UVU ID cards have been activated to work as a UTA Ed Pass. When the UVU ID cards were issued this year, the new cards featured an electronic chip and antenna inside that can be activated for $5 and give access to all UTA buses, Trax and FrontRunner for a year.

Currently, showing a UVU ID is valid fare when shown to a UTA bus operator or UTA police officer. Starting in January, though, all UVU riders will be required to tap their UVU ID cards to a reader when boarding to validate the fare. Riders will also be required to tap off when exiting. This is to help UTA use this full-trip data to better evaluate and improve services.

Transit police officers will be carrying inspection devices when checking fares to ensure that cards were tapped prior to boarding.

http://media.www.uvureview.com/media/storage/paper982/news/2008/12/08/News/New-Uta.Electronic.Fare.System.Starts.In.January-3574760.shtml


required to tap your ID when exiting the bus is a total control issue not just for efficiency but for placing people at a 'crime scene' if a crime occurs on the bus to then locate the witnesses...
you will be tracked not just by being on the bus but exactly when and where you were on the bus.

[byron mc]

THE end of paper train and bus tickets is nigh and within two years Merseyside commuters could be using smartcards.

Mr Scales revealed that tests could start soon: “You will see small pilot schemes, then moving out over the next two or three years.”

Merseytravel boss Neil Scales is keen to introduce the latest ticketing technology to the region.
Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation, which is co-ordinating the latest developments in the sector.
Smartcards can be loaded with different packages of credit for either bus travel, train, ferry, and even Mersey tunnel journeys.
They can also be loaded with credit for small value transactions.

Mr Scales added: “We would like to be able to lead on this because all major cities are experimenting with smartcards.”

Virgin and Chiltern Trains are currently evaluating the use of barcode-based tickets that can be read from mobile phone displays,

Jul 7 2008 
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/business-news/2008/07/07/all-change-for-travel-tickets-100252-21274206/

[byron mc]

Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX: CUB), has been awarded a contract to replace Miami-Dade Transit's current fare collection system with an industry leading, contactless smart card system.

July 9, 2008
http://www.sddt.com/Hospitality/article.cfm?SourceCode=20080709czt

[byron mc]

The Heathrow Express train service has launched a mobile ticketing system using the first implementation of Atos Origin's AVANTIXMetro platform.

Passengers on the Heathrow Express between Paddington and Heathrow Airport can now have their tickets sent directly to a mobile phone or PDA, so they do not have to queue to collect tickets at the station before they travel.

The system allows passengers to book online through the Heathrow Express website. When making a booking, customers can opt to receive either a bar-coded e-ticket that is registered to their mobile phone, or a self-print version of the ticket.

Both types of ticket are then scanned and validated on-board the train. Paper tickets can still be purchased on the train.

10 Jul 2008
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/07/10/231435/heathrow-express-rolls-out-mobile-ticketing.htm

[byron mc]

coach travelers in Shanghai must use their identification cards to buy bus tickets to Beijing. Armed police patrols were added to railway stations to ensure safe transport in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

Shanghai railway police said they had set up a team of nearly 100 Special Police Force officers to patrol Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station around the clock.

Sniffer dogs would also help beef up security inspections across all the city's transport terminals in the lead-up to the Games, which are due to open on August 8. Shanghai is hosting some Games events, including soccer matches.

"During the Olympics, many of the visiting athletes, judges, accredited crew as well as tourists will be taking trains to the city. That puts great pressure on security," said Lin Ronggui, an officer and news correspondent with the railway police.

Armed officers and sniffer dogs would be watching out for dubious figures and dangerous goods around station squares and platforms. "We'll also examine all luggage carried on to trains," Lin said.

Olympics safety checks at rail and bus stations
2008-7-14
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=366733

[byron mc]

Transport for London's Oyster card RFID based smartcard travel pass stopped working this weekend for

More than 40,000 travel cards get corrupted and commuters travelled for free on Saturday due to system failure.
“Anyone who touched in or out on Saturday morning has probably had their Oyster card disabled (code 30) and will need to change their Oyster card at a ticket office using the failed Oyster card procedure. If it is a student, child card etc, then they will need to contact Oyster for a replacement.

14 Jul 2008
Oyster card system suffers weekend crash
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2221533/oystercard-system-crashes

London transport: Glitch may stop Oyster cards from working
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/14/transport?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews

This is the bad thing about relying solely on an fully electronic ticketing system. Not only is your travel history tracked and saved for months or years the entire system could fail or a number of cards could fail such as this incident this week.
Surely we will see this occur a dozen times in the next 10 years with various transportation systems around the world.

[Scarmiglione']

The oyster card is easy to muck with though.  You can get several and charge them up with cash.  To separate legs of travel just swipe using every other card.

Doesn't help when you've got facial recognition CCTV cameras in your face everywhere.

Fark England.

[clarence]

The oyster card is easy to muck with though. 

yeah, if you don't want to have all those lower orders traveling around then you just crash the system. this little bobble might have been a test. they didn't have to let all those card  holders use the system for free.

clarence

[byron mc]

In-vehicle Unit (IU) will be introduced from August, starting with motorcycles, before being rolled out in early 2009 for cars and other vehicles.

The new IU will allow motorists to use not just the current NETS CashCards but also Contactless E-Purse Application Standard (CEPAS) smart cards when they are released.

Mr Lim said that with the new IU, motorists will have more choices in the payment of ERP charges.

As for public transport users, they should also find it easier to make payments with a new e-payment system to be launched later this year.
The Symphony for e-Payment (SeP) will offer commuters more choices as multiple card issuers can come on board to issue cards for the payment of public transport fares.
And because SeP is also compatible with second generation IUs, users may only use one common card for e-payments made for transport.

SINGAPORE - The first steps to transform Singapore’s land transport system over the next 10 to 15 years will be taken from next month.

14 July 2008
New e-payment system and IU units for road users
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360202/1/.html

[byron mc]

OTLIS, the Lisbon, Portugal transport operators, selected C.ticket, ASK’s contactless paper tickets, for their automatic fare collection ticketing system. The order of 25 million tickets will be delivered over the next two years.

The contactless technology can be used on the metro, buses, trams, trains or the Transtejo ferry. Lisbon transport operators have partnered to make up a centralized system.


Based on Calypso standard and ASK CTS 512 B ticket, OTLIS implemented a secure, multi-modal and interoperable ticketing system compliant with ISO14443 type B standard.

Lisbon transit operator taps ASK
August 1 2008
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2008/08/01/lisbon-transit-operator-taps-ask/

[byron mc]

THE death knell for public transport paper ticketing is looming as the popular 10-trip saver is banished forever after this weekend.
The contract with Cubic Transportation Systems stated paper tickets would be gone once the smartcard arrived

 more bus, train and ferry passengers move across to the Go Card.

August 02, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,24114299-23272,00.html?from=public_rss

[byron mc]

10,000 public transport commuters to 'test-ride' a new ez-link card between Aug 29 and Oct 28.


 The new ez-link card is the first stored value card here to comply with the new Cepas standard.
'We currently have two card platforms in Singapore. One for public transport, and another for cars and other commercial transactions. With the new Cepas-compliant ez-link card, you can make all transactions with just one card,'' he said.

Cepas stands for Singapore's 'Contactless ePurse Application' - a secured platform for all non-cash transactions using contactless cards.

Besides train and bus fares, the new ez-link card can be used to pay for electronic road-pricing (ERP), parking and cab charges, as well as a meal or merchandise.

Currently, few outlets other than McDonald's and 7-Eleven offer this payment option.

As for motorists, they can look forward to using the new ez-link card for ERP payments from early next year, when a new-generation in-vehicle unit is installed in new cars.

Owners of existing vehicles who want the new gadget can have it installed, for $150, excluding GST.

On trial: New ez-link card
August 27, 2008
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_272050.html?