Despite countless delays and numerous technical glitches, OC Transpo has decided and is moving forward with the roll out its Presto contactless smart card fare payment system, according to The Ottawa Citizen. Set to start on Jan. 18, OC Transpo will provide as many as 10,000 Presto transit cards at its sales and information centers […]

The Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pa. has expanded the distribution of the ConnectCard electronic fare collection system to now include riders who purchase weekly passes, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Riders who buy weekly passes at the Downtown Service Center, the Giant Eagle Market District store in Shadyside and the Giant Eagle at […]

The New South Wales (NSW) Government and the Department of Transport (TfNSW) have begun trials in Sydney of the new Opal smart card system for public transport, being installed by the Cubic-led Pearl Consortium. The NSW Minister for Transport, Gladys Berejiklian, said the trials would be used to fine tune the system, which would then […]

Cubic Transportation Systems, Transport for London’s (TfL’s) partner for ticketing, gating and revenue management, is celebrating a milestone in a project to enable the city’s entire transport network to accept payment via contactless debit and credit cards. Prior to the launch on Dec. 13, each of London’s 8,500 buses was equipped with a contactless-enabled reader, […]

IMS Research has released a report entitled “Smart Contactless Credentials – World – 2012” that projects the number of shipped smart contactless credentials to reach 6.9 billion by 2017. The report indicates that the top four uses for smart contactless credentials are payments and banking, government IDs, transportation and physical access. The payments and banking […]

Transport for London (TfL) is conducting a pilot of wave-and-pay technology that would enable passengers to use their contactless-enabled bank cards across the public transport system, according to The Financial Times. London commuters will be able to start paying some bus fares as soon as this week – including the Underground and Dockland Light Railway […]

Atlantic Zeiser, a provider of card personalization solutions, announced that CPI Card Group has installed the CHIPLINE contactless smart card and smart ticket personalization system in its Nevada, U.S. facility. CPI Card Group will use CHIPLINE to perform high-volume personalization of contactless payment and non-payment cards, enabling the company to reach production volumes of up […]