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Strasbourg to test contactless mobile services

The French city of Strasbourg is one of the nine chosen by the government to test mobile contactless services. The city council and the Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg (CUS) hope to develop several applications for general use, such as paying for parking and public transport tickets and sending out geolocalised information on traffic or availability of places in car parks.
May 16, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The French city of Strasbourg is one of the nine chosen by the government to test mobile contactless services. The city council and the 5569 Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg (CUS) hope to develop several applications for general use, such as paying for parking and public transport tickets and sending out geolocalised information on traffic or availability of places in car parks.

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