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The Queensland government confirmed is was pulling regional bus operators out of the scope of Smart Ticketing project because of delays by prime contractor Cubic Transportation Systems, along with the advent of AU$0.50 flat fares statewide.
It’s not clear why the AU$0.50 (US$0.33) flat fares, which the department through its public transport division, Translink, made permanent late last year across just about all transport modes statewide helped prompt the review.
• TMR (Queensland)
• Cubic
• Translink (Queensland)
• Bowen Transit
• Trans North Innisfail
• Wide Bay Transit.
he Queensland government in Australia confirmed that it pulled regional bus operators out of its Smart Ticketing project–at least in part– because of delays in the fare-system rollout by Cubic Transportation Systems, according to the text of a document seen by Mobility Payments.
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads had told Mobility Payments earlier this month that it had “reallocated funding” for regional bus operators to “choose their own ticketing solution”– a move that appears to reduce the size of Cubic’s contract with the government. But the agency didn’t specify at the time exactly why it was making the move.
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