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Name Auckland’s New Transport SmartCard
Now the integrated ticketing card is all go, it’s time to name the new card. See comments below. The latest suggestions are here Some cities have opted for...
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...
Confirmed: Thales Deal Signed. Cost $47m
As predicted earlier in the day, the Thales deal on public transport integrated ticketing has been signed. Here are the key details: The capital cost of the project...
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...
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,...
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...
