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13.4.11

Bus 'hop card' * New Zealand - Welcome sign of progress

Auckland has been waiting many years for a public transport system with a transfer ticket ...

Auckland,NZ -NZ Herald -Apr 6, 2011:  ... At last there is a sign of progress...   Auckland Transport, a body set up with the Super City, has adopted a debit card that will enable passengers to change buses with ease...  Its "hop card", introduced by agreement with Infratil's subsidiaries Snapper and NZ Bus, sounds like the Snapper card that the former Auckland Regional Transport Agency rejected in favour of a bid from a French provider, Thales...  Auckland has been waiting well over a year for the Thales contract to produce a transferable ticket and will continue to wait for the hop card to be extended to trains, ferries and buses not operated by NZ Bus. But at least that is the plan now...  Car users naturally would like to see all public transport off the roads and on to rail, but that is not practical for a city of diverse daily travel patterns. Buses are here to stay. Under the eye of an agency that believes in them, improvements are beginning to happen...   (Photo by Dean Purcell)

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