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Bus Operators Change to Thales
Auckland Transport said today, it was pleased to confirm Auckland’s bus consortium has advised its members will install Thales hardware on their bus fleets as...
Integrated Ticketing Saga
The site has recorded the long slow trek to Auckland getting integrated ticketing. Jon C recorded four years of debate about it which you can read by accessing...
Other Bus Companies Confirm They’ll HOP
Five more bus companies have confirmed they will offer the HOP card but it won’t happen to almost a year away. The companies are Ritchie’s Transport, Howick...
NZ Post & Aust Firm Win HOP Contract
Auckland Transport has awarded the tender to supply smartcards for the full stage roll out of Auckland’s HOP integrated smartcard to a joint consortium comprising...
Was This Fare?
The other day at Newmarket, a train manager gave quite a telling off to a passenger who came on the train and tried to tender a $20 for the short ride to Britomart....
HOPalong CarCity
Good heavens! Blasphemy! You will one day be able to use your public transport HOP smart card to pay for…. car parking. In excess of 74,000 HOP cards issued...
Myki Havoc To Be “Sorted”
The newish government in Victoria is sticking with the long troubled smart transport card Myki - even though it continually criticised the card when in Opposition. The...
Just Tag Off Will You!
There was amusing disquiet on my bus yesterday when a crowded bus got sick of hearing the HOP reader announce every few seconds at a bus stop “Remember to...
M-Payments Next Step
A week for celebration with the HOP card now available on all NZ Bus services in Auckland - but the reality is this technology is fast becoming old school. While...
Martian Invasion Cancelled
Remember that bizarre HOP advertisement published in the AUT students’ magazine which was aimed at immigrants from alien planets? Good on Auckland Transport...
Helpful Advert About HOP
If you think the introduction of HOP/Snapper has been confusing, check out the advert in the latest issue of the AUT student magazine Debate. It will answer all...
Snapper Puts Its Case
Snapper has today issued a press release crowing about its success in bringing its Snapper smart card to Auckland Snapper CEO, Miki Szikszai, said in his release:...
HOP Questions, Comments
One week on from the introduction of the HOP smartcard for public transpor,t Auckland Transport is already hailing it a success. It says the introduction of the...
Train Tag Posts Arrive
Here is what the HOP Train tag posts look like. Reader Jym spotted one at Morningside so I went and had a close look.
Snapper Taxis
Snapper announced today its cards are now accepted by Auckland Co-Op cabs as a way to travel. Co-Op is Auckland’s biggest fleet with about 1000 cabs.
HOP Needs To Jump Elsewhere
When integrated ticketing was at last seriously mooted, some of us had a dream we could use the one card around the country for public transport. That is still the...
HOP Starts From May 8
The first phase of Auckland’s new smartcard, HOP, for Auckland’s public transport users, will roll out on May 8. As mentioned earlier it’s at the end...
HOP Confusion Answered By AT
Confusing, conspiracy theories, cynical…..the reaction to the much-awaited Auckland integrated ticketing scheme HOP has not been as happy as one might have...
