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New ticketing system without contact to the public transport of Calgary
04/05/2011
May 4, 2011
Telvent has been selected by the Calgary City Council in carrying out the implementation of an advanced system of management of ticketing based on contactless technology, that will allow citizens to use smart cards ('smartcard' in English) as titles of transport.
Thanks to this project, Calgary Transit will provide its more than 94 million passengers per year a system of automatic sale of titles of more simple and comfortable transport. Also, the new platform will enable Calgary Transit information in real-time from the teams of collection in the different seasons of the network and thus adapt the tariffs of transport based on the real needs of the transport networkas well as implement more flexible means of payment for travellers.
According to Ignacio González Domínguez, President and CEO of Telvent, "we are delighted to power work with Calgary Transit for the development of innovative advanced platform management of ticketing to the current and future needs of the transport network of the city." "Thanks to the introduction of the new automatic system of both ticketing comfort as the level of satisfaction of travellers will be reinforced".
