West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (WYITA received a cash boost in its plans to roll out a smart card-based ticketing system, according to The Telegraph & Argus. The local transit, in partnership with bus operators and the region’s five district councils, was awarded £5 million from the Department for Transport (DfT), from it’s Better Bus […]

ScholarChip, a provider of smart ID solutions for schools, has announced the release of its new School Safety and Operations (SSOS) platform for NFC-enabled mobile phones. The SSOS platform includes Android applications for taking attendance in classrooms and on school buses, monitoring hall traffic, paying for public transportation, making mobile payments and ticketing for extracurricular […]

The finalists for the 2012 Contactless & Mobile Awards, this year sponsored by Visa Europe and Telefonica O2, have now been announced. Honoring achievements across a wide range of sectors and countries throughout Europe and abroad, the finalists reflect the growing spectrum of uses and implementations of contactless and NFC technology. The finalists include: Competitive […]

survey conducted on behalf of MasterCard Worldwide by Harris Interactive reveals that U.S. transit riders are ready to kick cash to the curb in favor of contactless payments. Commuters also want to consolidate their mass transit tickets into one card that can be use across multiple transit systems. The MasterCard Transit Survey evaluated common pain […]

The Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines) announced a proposed project to install a contactless ticketing system for Metro Rail Transit (MRT), according to Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. The project will consist of at least one million contactless cards/media, the installation of 76 automatic gates at the 13 stations of the MRT, readers at every […]

Stagecoach Group in the UK has launched a multi-modal ticketing scheme to enable passengers to travel by bus and rail using a single commercial smart card. The ticketing pilot in Basingstoke, Hampshire includes travel on South West Trains and Stagecoach South buses. It involves a small number of South West Trains season ticket holders travelling […]

The Marseille Tourist Office & Convention Bureau (OTCM) has launched a mobile city-pass that enables visitors to to take public transportation, access museums and city attractions and redeem discounts at local stores with a tap of an NFC-enabled handset. Based on Adelya’s NFC technology, the Marseille city-pass application is controlled via a Web-based back-office platform, […]

If all goes as planned a new smart card-based ticketing system could make its way onto buses in Southend-on-Sea, UK, according to echo-news.co.uk. The local council has requested £2.1 million in government funding to support a plan which includes the launch a new electronic smart card ticketing system, similar to London’s contactless fare payment card […]