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Author: It expects to go to tender this financial year. 2004 |
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Date Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 09:28:28am JULY 08, 2003 States turn to smarter ticketing Simon Hayes http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6714798^15397^^nbv^,00.html Tasmania is well advanced in planning a replacement, with an extended trial of smart cards running on the Merseylink bus service between Devonport, Latrobe and Spreyton on the state's north coast. ----------------------------------------------------------- Major public operator Metro, which runs buses in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie, has hired consultants to develop the system's specifications. ----------------------------------------------------------- It expects to go to tender this financial year. ----------------------------------------------------------- Metro business development manager Jack Lane said the new system would probably use smart cards, and incorporate GPS bus tracking and possibly even fuel monitoring. ----------------------------------------------------------- "All the information will be downloaded from the ticketing system," he said. "The reason for getting all this at the same time is lots of operators overseas have built this into their systems. ----------------------------------------------------------- "All this software is developed by the ticketing companies." ----------------------------------------------------------- Developing a business case for a smart-card system had been difficult, given the strengths of the Crouzet magnetic stripe technology, he said. ----------------------------------------------------------- "We have the best of the old systems, which makes it difficult to develop a business case to move," he said. ----------------------------------------------------------- [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |