Adelaide, a coastal city located in the South Australia, has initiated the roll out of a smart card system across the local transport network, according to AdelaideNow. Transport Services has equipped the first tram, the 103, with a Metrocard machine which will enable commuters to validate their current magnetic tickets and eventually the Metrocard when […]

The city of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England has partnered with PayByPhone to introduce the UK’s first NFC-enabled parking payment solution. Installed this past weekend, the new system enables drivers in all of Tumbridge Wells’ 15 council-run parking lots to pay for their parking fees with a tap of an NFC-enabled Android or BlackBerry phone […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has introduced Nextaccount, an account-based open payment platform that offers travelers the convenience to use contactless bank cards, student IDs and mobile phones as their smart ticket, in addition to transit issued smart cards. The new platform gives travelers the ability to pay transit fares directly at the point of travel with […]

Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s largest mobile operators, has announced plans to bring NFC-enabled mobile payments to the Moscow subway. According to East-West Digital News, the contactless payments system will be identical to the one Vimpelcom introduced in the St. Petersburg Metro last year, which enables passengers to purchase and redeem transit tickets with a tap […]

MacKay Meters announced that it has partnered with Uniform Industrial Corporation (UIC) to provide the first single-space wireless parking meter capable of contactless and NFC payments. With the integration of UIC’s contactless card payment and NFC technology, the MacKay Guardian SOLO meter will be able to support most major contactless credit cards, including MasterCard PayPass […]

Paymark, New Zealand’s largest electronic payments provider, has announced that it will form a joint venture with mobile operators Vodafone New Zealand, 2degrees and Telecom New Zealand to deliver NFC-based mobile services. The four companies intend to launch a trusted service manager (TSM) that will enable New Zealanders to make payments, collect loyalty points and […]

PATCO, the high speed rail line that runs between Philadelphia and Camden County, N.J., is preparing to shift into Phase Two of its open payment trial. Phase Two will enable riders to make secure transit payments at station gates and parking terminals using any contactless Visa, MasterCard or Discover card, or a virtual card in […]

On Bike Share, Bristol, R.I., is scheduled to roll out this spring a campus bike share system designed to make bicycling a part of college campus transportation. The system provides colleges and universities with the ability to automate existing bike fleets and makes implementation, maintenance, and tracking fast and easy through a series of solutions […]