Smart Ticketing: Modernizing Public Transport 🚍 Payments in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

⭕ Almost a decade ago (2013-2014), @dialoglk introduced a Prepaid Travel Card known as the "Touch Travel Card." This card was designed with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, enabling users to conveniently pay for their transport fares.

⭕️ Initially, it was operational in the Western province on Routes 138, 122, 177, and some parts of the Central province.

⭕️ For a time, the card operated smoothly. Then some conductors began refusing to accept it, reload locations gradually disappeared & the system eventually come to a halt.

⭕️ This initiative was likely ahead of its time for Sri Lanka, While discussions about similar innovative systems have surfaced, none have materialized so far.

⭕ The Ministry of Transport should seriously consider digitizing bus ticketing (Sri Lanka Railways recently introduced https://t.co/IzaiyPXkYW for railway ticketing) to enhance convenience, reduce fraud, and support the transition toward a cashless, digitalized society.

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