Pay autos with smart cards from next year
Posted on: 04/Oct/2013 12:08:06 PM
The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority has planned to implement the smartcard system in autorickshaws along with suburban trains, MTC buses, metro rail and the proposed mono rail. From next year commuters in the city could by the end of next year be able to swipe a smartcard after an autorickshaw ride instead of paying cash.
Officials said they were likely to integrate autorickshaws under the unified system only after it started working for the other modes of transit. "We do not expect to implement the smartcard system for autorickshaws immediately because drivers are in the process of switching over to electronic meters," an official of the transport department said. "We will include autorickshaws under the single payment umbrella once other transport services adopt the method."
