The state of Kerala in India will be the first to test the Common Mobility Card, an endeavor of the National Urban Transport Policy of India designed to provide a single means to access all types of public-transport systems throughout the country.
The contactless smart card functions as an electronic purse. In the first phase of the trial, buses in the cities of Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi will get card readers, a spokesperson from the Kerala State Urban Development Project, tells PaymentsSource.
State-owned UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Ltd. is supporting the trial and the subsequent expansion of the rollout throughout the rest of the country, the spokesperson says.
“In the next five years, we expect to connect buses, trains, metros, ferries, taxis and auto-rickshaws to be able to accept this card,” he says. “Other uses are also being evaluated, including for tolls, retail and utility payments.”
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