Sweden’s The Handheld Group has released its new Nautiz eTicket Pro rugged PDA with an integrated Mifare-compliant smart card reader for transport ticketing applications. Developed and designed by Arcontia, the ISO 14443 A/B, ISO 18092-compliant reader also supports NFC mobile applications, such as smart posters and tickets, and features both passive reader mode and active […]

Singapore has expanded its contactless fare card system, ez-link, to 42 automated car parks in the city, including the Changi Airport and Marina Bay lots, according to motoring.asiaone.com. The car parks are now updated to accept CEPAS (Contactless e-Purse Application Standard) cards, including the ez-link card and the Nets FlashPay card. According to motoring.asiaone.com, over […]

Trans Link Systems (TLS) and the Open Ticketing Institute have asked Chess to design the next-generation OV-chipkaart, the Netherlands’ public transportation smart card. According to Finextra, Chess was charged with improving the security of the card while retaining the previous version’s high handling speed. In response, Chess has developed a new GlobalPlatform standards-compliant Java Card, […]

The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed plans to implement a national smart card for public transportation on English trains, trams and buses, according to railnews.co.uk. UK Transport Minister Norman Baker plans for the national smart card to be an “all-mode” device, and thus compatible with existing smart cards already issued by Passenger Transport […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that its MIFARE Plus contactless microcontroller has been chosen by the Russian city of Sochi to power the Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system of its ground transportation network during the 2014 Winter Olympics. NXP is working with several partners to complete the system, including solution provider and equipment manufacturer Strikh-M, inlay manufacturer […]

The city of Cardiff, Wales is launching City Car Club’s contactless smart card-based car rental program. In the £120,000 project, members will be issued smart cards to unlock ten low-emission vehicles located in the city center. Once inside the car, the member can retrieve the keys from a storage box using a special pin number […]

Dublin will see a new integrated smart card ticketing system by early next year, according to The Irish Times. The the €55 million project will start with a smart card rollout for the Luas and Dublin Bus services, to be joined later by Irish Rail, private bus operators and Bus Éireann. Annual ticket holders will […]

China’s GYRFID has announced the release of its new ISO14443A Mifare 1K/ Mifare 4K/ Mifare Ultralight multi-function contactless card. The 13.56Mhz, 512bit contactless card is suitable for public transportation, payment systems, logistics, e-ticketing and more, according to GYRFID, and measures 86mm by 54mm, with a thickness of 0.84mm.   

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan shows that current smart card-based transit projects in growing European and world cities will lead to an 11% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) in smart card shipment from 2009 to 2015. Europe and megacities are hot spots for future smart card-based transit projects, says the consultancy. “Technology and social […]

The Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council is holding a meeting on open standards payment for public transportation in New York City on September 22 – 23. Hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/New York City Transit, the meeting will include updates on active and planned open standards transit payments projects from leading U.S. and international transit […]