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March 23, 2012
Arcontia validators deployed in Malaysia
Handal Indah Sdn Bhd (Causeway Link), one of the largest bus company providers based in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has integrated onboard light bus validators from Arcontia Technology into its new ticketing system. The company operates some 400 stage and express buses, operating throughout the city of Johor Bahru, interstate and cross-border to Singapore. The ManjaLink fare card system, the first contactless-card based automatic fare collection (AFC) system introduced for public transport in Johor Bahru, uses A
March 23, 2012
ASK is project leader for Fast Pass
Fast Pass is a three-year project, funded by OSEO (French innovation fund), the European Fund of Regional Development (FEDER), the Toulon Provence MΘditerranΘe community council (TPM), and the Alpes-Maritimes and regional county council and it has been supported by the SCS cluster.
March 23, 2012
Samsung joins OSPT Alliance
The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has announced that Samsung Electronics has joined as a full member and will pursue the development of commercialised semiconductor products for building next-generation transit fare collection systems based on the Cipurse open security standard.
March 23, 2012
ETC Corporation awarded $88 million tolling contract
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a contract, valued at approximately $88 million, to Electronic Transaction Consultants Corporation (ETC Corporation) to provide a facility-wide replacement toll collection and audit system as well as related system maintenance services. Under the contract, ETC will implement its latest generation Rite solution on the Port Authority’s toll facilities to deliver a number of advanced system features including a sophisticated toll data warehouse, an adva
March 23, 2012
Schrader claims top spot for TPMS
Schrader, a manufacturer of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), has announced that the company’s innovative EZ-sensor technology now covers more than 82 per cent of all TPMS-equipped vehicles in North America.
March 16, 2012
New York to pilot cordon-based congestion charging
From 2009, if all goes to plan, New York will run a three-year cordon-based congestion charging pilot - the first in the US. Upon accession, US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters signalled her intention to continue her predecessor Norman Mineta's initiative to specifically target road congestion. And, with initiatives such as the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) Urban Partnership Program actively promoting tolling as a part of a compound solution to the problem, the way was opened for the co
March 16, 2012
New York to pilot cordon-based congestion charging
From 2009, if all goes to plan, New York will run a three-year cordon-based congestion charging pilot - the first in the US. Upon accession, US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters signalled her intention to continue her predecessor Norman Mineta's initiative to specifically target road congestion. And, with initiatives such as the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) Urban Partnership Program actively promoting tolling as a part of a compound solution to the problem, the way was opened for the co
March 14, 2012
Bangkok to use RFID system for speed enforcement
Thailand's government has announced it will deploy RFID technology to identify speeding buses and vans in Bangkok starting 1 April 2012.
March 13, 2012
Q-Free tag order from Portugal
Q-Free has received an order for tolling tags (OBUs) from Portugal’s only tag issuer, Via Verde, part of the Brisa Group which is one of Portugal’s leading tolling concessionaires.
March 13, 2012
NFC payment rollout in Australia
Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is adding multiple mobile phone-based payment options to its range of mobile banking services.