The Department of Transportation (DoTr) desires to increase the web cost scheme to extra modes of public transportation, Joseph Morong reported on “24 Oras” on Tuesday.
According to Randolph Ian Clet, mission supervisor of DoTr’s automated fare assortment system, the company is in search of a unified card for all public utility automobiles (PUVs) and for on-line funds to incorporate the usage of cell phones and QR codes.
“Dapat po pwede na rin ‘yung EMV contactless cards natin and ‘yung phone namin na may NCS technology pwede naming ipambayad. Similarly, ‘yun din pong mga jeepneys and buses,” he said.
(The EMV contactless card and phones with NCS technology should be allowed [for online payments]. Similarly, that should be allowed in jeepneys and buses.)
Clet also said the DoTr is eyeing the possibility of a “unified fare” but added it would only be possible if solution providers adhere to a national standard.
This means that a company offering tap cards for jeepneys should ensure it would be interoperable with trains and buses.
“‘Yung konsepto po ng unified fare…Hindi na ako kailangang mamroblema [na] hindi ako makakabayad sa una dahil at the end of the day, ‘yung EMV card yung magsho-shoulder,” Clet added.
(Should the concept of unified fare be implemented, commuters would not have to worry that they cannot pay for the next PUV trip they’re taking as a result of the EMV would shoulder it.)
The transportation division is ready to launch the nationwide requirements for resolution suppliers inside the subsequent three months. As for the gathering of jeepney fares, it will go to a system that will distribute the earnings to the operators. — Sundy Locus/BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
