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Snapper Is Ticked Off
Wellington-based ticketing and payment system company, Snapper, is not hiding the fact tonight that it’s peeved off with today’s go-ahead contract...
ARTA Says Thales Superior & Cost Efficient To Snapper
ARTA, in signing the Thales deal for integrated ticketing this afternoon says this system is superior to that offered by Snapper, whose lobbying has been stepped...
Phew! Integrated Ticketing Deal Sorted
The integrated ticketing saga will be done and dusted later today. The word on the street is that ARTA will sign the deal with French company Thales later this afternoon. As...
Govt Transport Agency Welcomes Snapper To Auckland
In the latest twist in the integrated ticketing saga, the government’s transport agency has welcomed the bombshell announcement that Snapper is heading off...
Integrated Ticket Bombshell: Snapper’s Onslaught Into Auckland
Infratil is upping the stakes in the integrated ticketing saga by revealing it’s going to steal the march on Thales, ARTA’s preferred supplier, and will go...
Melbourne’s Myki Now “Overcooked Christmas Turkey”
Melbourne’s woeful attempt at integrated ticketing -detailed earlier - continues to run into problems. Final official testing has shown it takes 4...
Snapper Hints It’s Making Progress To Win Over NZTA
Wellington-based Snapper card, saying getting into the Auckland market remains its main focus, claims to have support from the transport agency. In a press release,...
Melbourne’s Mighty myki Mess (Videos)
Another worrying example of how we have to be on our guard to make sure we get integrated ticketing right- and go with a company that can deliver. Melbourne’s...
Lively Debate Continues: Infratil versus Thales
Back on Saturday morning, I mentioned how lobbying was intensifying once again to publicly call for Infratil’s Wellington-established Snapper card to get...
Manukau Mayor Wants Single Transport Ticket For RWC
Manukau Mayor Len Brown is calling for a single ticket system saying it’s the missing link in the integrated ticketing announcement. He especially wants one in...
What Thales Can Bring Us (If We Have The Money!) -Videos
Dubai Metro's Thales cards known as NOl Dubai’s flash new Metro rail system gives us a glimpse of what Thales could bring us if we could afford it. The...
ARTA Can Now Celebrate
ARTA has breathed a sigh of relief that integrated ticketing is at last confirmed and to its chosen tender, Thales.- and it should take a bow for its great job on...
Confirmed: Integrated Ticketing Is Go With Thales
As you read here earlier today on this aucklandtrains blog, the long awaited integrated ticketing decision has finally been made and we can get on with it. And thankfully...
Getting Integrated Ticketing Right
The dangers of getting integrated ticketing in the hands of the wrong company are re-enforced with a weekend story in a West Australian paper about the sorry saga...
Auckland’s Integrated Ticketing A RWC Political Football
The Govt wants integrated ticketing in place for the RWC Infratil has scored two tries in its frenetic last-minute bid to win Auckland’s integrated ticketing...
Where The Rail Meets The Road
Integrated ticketing, finally on its way, is only half the story. There also has to be better co-ordination between arriving and departing public transport services. For...
Labour’s Curious, Pointless Integrated Ticketing Debate
Interesting to see Labour MP Trevor Mallard still barking on about Infratil’s integrated ticketing system being a better option for Auckland than outsourcing it...
Here’s What’s In Store For Us with Integrated Ticketing (Video)
Here’s a taste of what’s in store for us now that French company Thailes is in line to bring us integrated ticketing. In the Netherlands, public transport...
Integrated Ticketing Approved Across NZ - But In Which Century?
The ridiculous integrated ticketing saga is at last inching ahead but years late and set to miss the Rugby World Cup here much to the ire no doubt of tourists....
Integrated Ticketing: What It Takes To Get Slowly Past The Post
A poor man’s integrated ticketing system for Auckland is now on the cards. Just as the Auckland Regional Council was finally approving a tender for such...
Transport Minister: Committed to Public Transport Funding - But Is The Integrated Ticketing Plan Now Dead?
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says his government is committed to providing funding for public transport issues in Auckland. In a letter to reader James, he...
