Transportation

In public and private transportation, there is a need for seamless and non-stop movement throughout its corridors. Smart cards help link together the various types of transportation services.

Now...

Public transit systems are implementing electronic fare cards for use on any type of transit services.

With a smart card...

The field of transportation uses contact and contactless technologies.

It is a stored value card with values prepaid by the cardholder. Used for paying:

Fee on public transit systems through a fare box which is the smart card reader
Highway tolls on highway toll systems through automatic toll deduction
It is used to identify travelers at international borders or airports

Smart Benefits

		Ease of use because one card covers all modes of transportation
		Increased boarding speed
		Cashless payment
		Built-in security so that lost/stolen cards can be immediately invalidated
		Can be part of a multi-applications card on other machines like ATMs, vending machines, parking meters etc.

Where it is used

	Fee payment on buses, METs, trams, V-Lines, ferries, taxis and parking lots on transit lines.
	Toll systems The smart card is inserted into an electronic and traffic management systems(ETTM) transponder unit on the car's dashboard. Value from the card is deducted when the car passes through a toll collection area.
	Immigration Agencies The smart card is used by a traveler at automated kiosks at international airports to bypass long queues. A hand geometry reader at these kiosks verify the traveler's identity based on his hand geometry written on the smart card.

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