This is contained in a published Friday the future of the National Public Transport Council (NOVB), where, passenger organizations and the government sit.
The public transport smartcard persists. Most travelers, according to the carriers satisfied with the ease of use. There is thereby constantly exploring ways to improve the use of the card.
So it NOVB raises the possibility of traveling to the account, instead of paying in advance. Furthermore, a test preparation which train passengers no longer interim need off to check in with transfer to another train operator.
London
According to the organization’s Check with a contactless debit card short term the “most promising”. In the London Underground, this is already possible. “Because this technology has already proved itself in London, it seems possible to realize this way of paying the relatively short term.”
Furthermore, we look at the so-called Be to Be Out technique, wherein the location of the smartphone is used to determine the trip is made. Travellers would no longer active Check; equipment in public transport records their journey automatically.
For the technology would be called beacons can be used, which can track at stations or on trains and buses which Bluetooth devices, such as smart phones, are present. “An important focus point for this development is the privacy of the traveler,” it NOVB writes.
Rover
The intention is that any traveler will soon choose the option gets its own payment method. For all of the different methods which aim to make the public transport companies a special cooperative. Membership in the cooperative are all carriers jointly owned Translink, the company behind the OV-chip card.
Travelers organizations are closely involved in drawing up the plans. ” We sat down and we will work to new payment methods really accessible in conduct, ” late president Arriën Kruyt Rover know. ” This was unthinkable a few years ago and shows that we are growing cooperation in public transport. ”
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