The DC One Card is undergoing changes that will make it easier for students to use discounted fare cards to ride Metro’s buses and trains, according to The Washington Post. Previously, students were required to get an application from their school, take it to District’s Department Of Transportation’s school transit subsidy office, and then complete […]

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a new secure IC chip for the latest version the Calypso ticketing open standard. With the support of ST’s CD21-Rev3 solution, the Calypso Revision 3 standard enables operators to offer contactless transit cards with extra services such as an e-purse, loyalty rewards or USB key. According to ST, the EMV-compliant solution is […]

Indra has announced it will lead a consortium to supply the Kuala Lumpur Monorail with a new contactless ticketing system Indra, an IT company based in Spain, will team up with Malaysia’s Iris to design, supply, and implement the €4.4 million system, which will include new access control equipment and automated and manual ticket sale […]

The University of Pittsburgh has partnered together with the Port Authority of Allegheny County, as part of a regional transit partnership, where the two test a new smart card fare system, according to a local news brief. The university recently upgraded its Panther Card to compatible with the authority’s new ConnectCard system, which now translates […]

Jay Walder’s recent departure as chairman of MTA could mean the end for a new open fare system, according to The New York Post. Walden, who left MTA for a position at private Eurasian rail company MTR, got the ball rolling on a new fare system for New York’s subway and buses that would let […]

The new smart card system on Sydney’s CityRail transit network should help officials battle fare evasion, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Expected to launch in 2014, the system will require passengers to swipe their fare cards twice – once when getting on and once when getting off, with the fare deducted on the second […]

The Mercator Advisory Group has released a new report analyzing the transition to open-loop payments systems among transit authorities. According to Mercator, millions of public transport fares are processed every day through propriety, closed-loop smart card ticketing systems in metropolises like Hong Kong, London and Seoul – accounting for some $100 billion in annual fare […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2011 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

India-based market research firm RNCOS predicts a 16% increase in the Chinese smart card market, according to its new report “Smart Card Market Forecast to 2012.” The report discusses the rapid adoption of smart cards in China in many industries such as telecom, banking, utilities and tourism industries. Many government ministries have also adopted smart […]

NXP Semiconductors has announced that its MIFARE Plus contactless IC has been chosen to power the Automatic Fare Collection system in St. Petersburg, Russia. NXP has teamed up with the City Transport Committee of St. Petersburg to launch ‘Podorozhnik,’ a unified contactless fare card with an integrated eWallet that will consolidate all of St. Petersburg’s […]