[LINK] ZDnet: 'SA awards $30m e-ticketing contract'

[Roger Clarke]

[Maybe *this* one will work?]

SA awards $30m e-ticketing contract
By Colin Ho, ZDNet.com.au
09 February 2010 12:17 PM
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/SA-awards-30m-e-ticketing-contract/0,139023166,339300918,00.htm?omnRef=1337

SA Transport Minister Patrick Conlon said that the state had awarded 
a $30 million contract to IT services company Affiliated Computer 
Services (ACS) to implement an electronic ticketing system for the 
state by 2013.

"Our current ticketing system has been in place for nearly 24 years - 
it has served us well but it is time to replace it as we continue our 
massive public transport revitalisation," Conlon said in a release. 
"We expect to see the new smart card ticketing system in operation by 
2013 in time for the commencement of electric rail services in 
Adelaide."

ACS, a subsidiary of the Xerox corporation, would be responsible for 
the manufacturing, testing, installation, technical support and 
maintenance of the ticketing and fare collecting system, which it has 
called ATLAS.
The company has already supplied Adelaide with its existing Crouzet 
ticketing system.

"We are taking advantage of proven technology, with this system and 
equipment already in operation in cities overseas such as Montreal, 
Houston and Toulouse," the transport minister said. "Adelaide also 
has the advantage of an existing integrated fare and ticketing system 
supported by the smart card system."

Adelaide will be following Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane and 
Sydney in adopting an e-ticketing system for its public transport.

However, Sydney's push to introduce a ticketing system has 
encountered issues, with the cancellation of the signed contract with 
vendor ITSL and the start of a new tendering process in the works.

Melbourne has just rolled out its ticketing system on trains, but has 
yet to implement the system on buses or trams. Perth and Brisbane 
have working systems.

Current Adelaide public transport tickets will remain valid after the 
introduction of the new system.


In the ABC report, the Minister said:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813881.htm
>"Sometimes in life you're better off one out, one back than trying 
>to lead the field and that's the position we're in," he said.
>"We've seen what's happened elsewhere, we've deliberately shaped our 
>strategy around some of the difficulties that have happened 
>elsewhere and we're very confident we'll introduce a system without 
>any problems."


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