Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport commuters can swipe debit/credit cards to buy bus tickets

The mobility cards that can, until now, be swiped only in 25% buses which have the ticketing machines for purchasing bus tickets, will now be extended to 100% navi mumbai municipal transport buses; the projects are part of upgrading the integrated sensible shipping control gadget to offer effective services to the commuters
Commuters boarding the navi mumbai municipal transport (nmmt) buses in navi mumbai can soon swipe their debit or credit card to purchase bus tickets.

Moreover, the mobility cards that may, until now, be swiped best in 25% buses which have the ticketing machines, will now be prolonged to 100% nmmt buses. The tasks are part of upgrading the integrated intelligent Transport management system (iitms) to offer powerful services to the commuters.

Abhijit Bangar, nmmc commissioner, who conducted a evaluate meeting with nmmt general manager, yogesh kaduskar, has given directives for improvement in the gadget to provide extra services to the passengers.

At present, nmmt has 250 machines for use of national common mobility cards. Commuters buy tickets from the conductor notwithstanding having the card.

Bangar stated, “NMMT has been implementing IITMS since 2017, but an upgrade in the system is needed to make it more user-friendly. We are now working on increasing the number of machines used to swipe the cards and install them in all the civic buses. another priority is to implement a system to allow passengers with any bank debit or credit card to be able to purchase tickets while travelling by NMMT buses.”

He added that the department is likewise studying the every day nmmt depot-wise report with info of bus frequency, revenue and ridership to conduct a comparative analysis.

this analysis will be used to make sure first-rate service and ensure that passenger facility benchmarks are adhered to. I’ve asked for submission of a report on monthly and annual load factors in each nmmt depot. Load factor may be very widespread because it enables in date-clever, path-clever and frequency-wise analysis. The manner to calculate this load could be computerized and included inside the iitms software, bangar stated.

He claimed that a better user-friendly service will increase the revenue for the transport body.