NXP Semiconductors announced that Canada’s South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink) has adopted its MIFARE technology platform for Vancouver’s public transport system. Vancouver is introducing the Compass Card, which will enable passengers to enjoy convenient and secure transactions across buses, sky trains and ferries using just one contactless smart card. In addition, passengers can […]

Transport for London (TfL) is denying implications that bus passengers are being double-charged for fare since it began accepting contactless-enabled bank cards across the public transport system, according to MayorWatch. Since the introduction last month, frequent complaints have been received from passengers who have seen unexpected charges on debit and credit cards and believe they […]

Confidex, a supplier of contactless fare media, has been selected by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) in the western area of Scotland to supply a large volume of contactless ITSO smart tickets for use across the underground Glasgow Subway system. The smart ticketing system will replace the current magnetic stripe tickets in use across the […]

Transportation for London (TfL) announced the rollout of contactless credit card readers on all of the city’s 8,500 buses last month, enabling riders to charge their bus fare directly to their bank accounts. According to The Atlantic, this will be an interesting test case for the future of contactless payments in public transportation systems, particularly […]

Smart phones have effectively penetrated virtually just about every facet daily lives, but there is one segment of the population that remains underserved; public transit users. For some time now, the “cutting edge” solution to transit tickets has been either paper-based cards or contactless cards. However, for an increasingly paperless society these solutions simply won’t […]

After countless delays, OC Transpo is expected to finally release 10,000 Presto cards into the wild in mid-January, in a partial roll out of the new payment system for Ottawa’s public transit. According to CBC News, transit riders will be able to apply to obtain the smart transit card online or at the four OC […]

The Regional Transportation District (RTD), the regional authority operating public transit services in eight of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in Colorado, is starting the new year off with the announcement of a new smart card program, according to The Denver Post. As part of the new electronic transit fare program, […]