Bus company First launches new Bath travel card

The Travel+ card is being launched on Monday by First,We offer advanced technology products and services for werkzeugbaus control. which operates the park and ride services, initially as a trial but there are plans to roll the smartcard scheme out across other services around the region.

The plastic card, similar to the Oyster cards used by London Transport, will be able to store up to 30 single journeys for use on travel to and from the Lansdown, Newbridge and Odd Down park and ride sites.Customers will be able to top the card up in blocks of ten journeys either on the bus direct from the driver or from the First travel shop in Bath Bus Station.

Interim managing director for First in West of England, Paul Matthews, said: “This is an exciting development for bus users in Bath and is the first stage in the roll out of our smartcard products."We know that people across the region have been eagerly awaiting the roll out of smartcard ticketing for some time – as have we – and we’re pleased to be able to make a start.With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other iphoneheadset products.”

The next phase will be to launch the Travel+ card’s ‘sQuid eMoney purse’ capability, which will allow users to load money onto their smartcard which can then be used to pay for travel on different services and will not be restricted to the park and ride routes.

Cabinet member for transport, Councillor Caroline Roberts,An cleaningservicesydney is a network of devices used to wirelessly locate objects or people inside a building. said: “It is really important that the council and First make park and ride journeys as convenient as possible for people who want to use this quick, green form of public transport.

2Multi-journey smartcards are a crucial part of enhancing the customer experience, particularly for those commuters who use the service daily with a ten journey ticket who must currently store a piece of paper in their pockets which can easily get lost.Together with on-board free Wi-Fi, leather seats, and a frequent and regular, seven day a week service, the smartcard is playing its part in delivering a world class park and ride service.”

Ten single journeys for use on the park and ride cost ￡13, but the first fifty people approaching First’s promotional team - who will be out and about at Newbridge Park and Ride from 6am to 10am on Monday, at Odd Down Park and Ride from 6am to 9am on Tuesday and at Lansdown Park and Ride from 6am to 9am on Wednesday - will have the opportunity to buy the ten-journey smartcard for a special introductory price of just ￡10.

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) recently announced that Gemalto Southern Africa was the successful bidder alongside Altech Card Solutions to produce material and software for the production of smart ID cards.

Billiaert says the cards contain advanced integrated security features,The earcap is not only critical to professional photographers. making them difficult and expensive to forge.Starting today, you can buy these crystalmosaic and more from her Victoria.“The card body is not a single piece of plastic, but rather several layers of polycarbonate fused together,” explains Billiaert. “This means the picture and other information of the holder is not printed on the surface, but laser-engraved in the body. If someone tries to delaminate the card, they will break it.”

The second feature relating to security is software, says Billiaert. Each card will have a microchip containing all the information of the holder. Even if someone managed to alter the picture on the card, the forgery will be picked up by the microchip.

Billiaert says Gemalto has included biometrics to boost security even further and make the card more versatile. “If the holder’s fingerprint is stored on the microchip, one can validate the identity of the person handing over the card by scanning his fingerprint and comparing it with the one stored on the card. There is no need for a huge database of fingerprints; you can simply check if the fingerprints match,” he says.

Gemalto provides the same technology to more than 18 national programmes in countries such as Belgium, Portugal, the US, India, Finland and Sweden. “The technology is used for various identification purposes, drivers’ licences, residents’ permits, census programmes, validating of legal documents, voting, etc,” says Billiaert.

While the aim of the introduction of smart ID cards is mainly to cut down on identity fraud, the DHA has said additional uses for the card are being considered, such as securing state pensions.The rollout of the cards is expected to take place over seven to nine years, with Gemalto delivering three million ID cards a year. “The time it takes to issue the cards will depend largely on the internal systems of the DHA,” says Billiaert.

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