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Smart ticketing has emerged over the past few months as…
22 December 2014 | By John Verity, Chief Advisor for ITSO Limited
Smart ticketing has emerged over the past few months as one of the central considerations when it comes to a number of core transport issues in the UK, just as it is throughout Europe. However, Chief Advisor for ITSO Limited John Verity explains that a wider working partnership for ticketing…
Two years after signing their Memorandum of Understanding, the five…
Two years after signing their Memorandum of Understanding, the five founder members of the Smart Ticketing Alliance1 (STA) formally launched the Alliance in Brussels in June 2014 to a wider audience of transport operators and industry players. The transport smartcard operators from 10 countries came together at UITP’s head office…
Until recently, most smart ticketing schemes were completely independent of…
31 October 2012 | By John Verity, Chief Advisor, ITSO Ltd
Until recently, most smart ticketing schemes were completely independent of each other and often based around bespoke closed transit operations. This made a lot of sense to the large transport operators or metropolitan authorities who commissioned them. It gave security and control, met their specific local needs and, should they…
Earlier in 2011, Transport Secretary Norman Baker released a White…
6 May 2011 | By John Verity, Head of Security and Compliance, ITSO
Earlier in 2011, Transport Secretary Norman Baker released a White Paper setting out the UK Government’s vision for local transport. It includes a statement on the Government’s commitment to delivering the infrastructure that will enable most public transport journeys in the UK to be undertaken using smart ticketing by December…
Smartcards provide a significant number of benefits both to the…
18 January 2009 | By Mike Eastham, General Manager, ITSO Limited and John Verity, Head of Compliance, ITSO Limited and EU-IFM Project Co-ordinator
Smartcards provide a significant number of benefits both to the card holder and for the background processes involved. Fraud, in particular, is a threat that is significantly reduced as smartcards are almost impossible to copy, whilst cards that are lost or stolen can easily be identified and removed permanently from…
ITSO was founded in 2001 following discussions started in 1998…
19 April 2007 | By Mike Eastham, GM & Head of Technology and John Verity, Head of Compliance & Security, ITSO
ITSO was founded in 2001 following discussions started in 1998 between the Department for Transport, Public Transport Executives, Transport for London and other interested transport authorities with a desire to generate one interoperable specification for transport related activities. The ITSO specification has now been adopted across the UK and is…
