Unions representing transit workers are urging TransLink to discard its plan to install turnstiles on Vancouver’s SkyTrain lines in an effort to reduce fare evasion. Instead, the unions say, TransLink should concentrate on improving transit service. “The ongoing costs – the operating and maintenance costs – will be higher than anything that could possibly be […]

Transport for London hopes to have a cross-border contactless transit and payment card in play by 2012 that would support access to transportation services domestically and overseas, according to the American Banker. The agency is already working with several transport operators in the U.S., Europe and Australia to “develop common standards for the technology,” says […]

The New South Wales (NSW) Government has selected global m-payments service provider ‘epay’ to act as the fourth member in the consortium assigned to deliver Sydney’s smart card-based transit system, according to busnews.com.au. Epay has been charged with installing and managing the retail/electronic payment component of the new Oyster Card-style system, which will be rolled […]

China’s Taiyuan Xinbao Parking Metre System Co. has adopted LEGIC Identsystems’ new contactless parking meter solution. Based on LEGIC’s advant identification technology, the new system is already running in the city of Taiyuan, covering some 1,000 parking meters and over 130,000 IC cards. According to LEGIC, the system allows commuters to pay for parking fees […]

Transport for London (TfL) is in talks with its American, Australian and European partners about issuing a single contactless card for Paris, New York, Boston, Chicago, Sydney and Manchester’s local transit networks, according to telegraph.co.uk. The aim of the project is to develop a standardized single pass that would spare the millions of tourists and […]

HID Global announced the launch of its veriCLASS payment and ticketing embedded reader platform, a solution that gives developers everything they need to speed time to market for products that support both closed- and open-loop payment schemes plus all contactless technologies and protocols in one system. The platform is based on adaptable contactless reader technology, […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd has announced the launch its new generation of contactless reader chips for personal identification. According to LEGIC, the new SM-4200 reader chips are equipped with the company’s advant smart card technology, making them suitable for single and multi-applications in access control, time and attendance and e-payment. The SM-4200 is also the smallest […]

Valeo and Orange are developing an NFC-enabled solution that allows vehicles to be shared between several drivers. Under the system, users can go online to reserve a car for a specific period of time. Once the reservation is confirmed, a temporary, non-transferable key is sent to the user’s cell phone via the Orange platform. At […]

Oxford’s Stagecoach services has launched an Oyster card-style contactless smart card system across its entire fleet of 160 buses, according to Whitney Gazette. To use the new system, passengers must first load cash credit onto their StagecoachSmart cards either online, on the bus, or at Gloucester Green bus station. The card can then be simply […]

Spain’s Indra has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to implement contactless smart card ticketing technology on the Metro St. Louis bus and light rail networks. The new contactless ticketing system, which will cover 37 stations and nearly 70 bus routes, will also include new automatic ticket dispensing, cancellation and validation systems, and Indra’s Account […]