MasterCard PayPass will soon double for a bus ticket in Liverpool as Stagecoach Merseyside rolls out the new payments technology for its 200 buses. The launch is in partnership with RBS WorldPay as well as credit card processing company Commidea. “In the same way that Chip and PIN has revolutionized the way shoppers pay, contactless […]

Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation, and Miami-Dade Transit have launched the agency’s new EASY Card automated fare collection system for its 22 Metrorail stations and nearly 900 buses. The new system was fully operational just 15 months after the contract was first awarded in June, 2008. The new contactless card […]

DigiCore, a South African provider of GPS fleet management, vehicle tracking and EMV-based fare management solutions, has chosen to integrate a contactless reader from On Track Innovations with its fare validators. OTI has received the first order to supply 4,000 smart card readers, together with a commitment for further orders as the project develops. DigiCore’s […]

Munich International Airport has announced that it will adopt AeroScout`s GPS and Wi-Fi RFID solution to track thousands of cargo and passenger baggage dollies as they move about the airport. AeroScout T6 GPS Wi-Fi Tags will be mounted on the airport`s cargo dollies, used by cargo companies to pick up and drop off packages, and […]

INSIDE Contactless announced an initiative to create a new class of mobile payment solutions that banks, brands, transit agencies and others can starting in 2010. INSIDE has already engaged with several technology companies that share its vision to develop a variety of mobile payment solutions based on INSIDE’s MicroPass platform that will enable existing mobile […]

The Indian government is looking to adopt a nation-wide RFID-enabled open road tolling (ORT) system, in which motorists would pay one toll electronically as opposed to constantly stopping at toll booths. On October 31, the ministry of road, transport and highways (MoRTH) will begin a six-month pilot project testing the merit of three different ORT […]

London Midland rail passengers will soon be enjoying a contactless Oyster card-style ticketing system which the rail service intends to roll out next year. London Midland operates train services through the heart of England from London in the south, to Birmingham in the midlands and Liverpool in the northwest. It services about 46 million passengers […]

ASK announced the availability of LoGO, its contactless USB reader for home or desk usage. LoGO is a low-cost reader for any application that requires smart card transactions in a contactless environment. Multi-standards, plug and play, LoGO complies with the smart card industry standards including ISO 14443 A,B, NFC, Felica and Mifare. One of the […]

After a brief stall the Land Transportation Office in the Philippines has begun implementation of its RFID vehicle tagging policy. Following a couple weeks of intense public debate, the LTO finally put its foot down yesterday and announced that the forum to be held October 16, originally intended as an open discussion where citizens could […]

The launch of the ORCA (One Regional Card for All) transit system in Seattle earlier this year will also eventually eliminate the free rides that some University of Washington students had enjoyed. In the past, they had a U-PASS sticker, which they obtained from the university and which enabled them to ride buses to and […]