Introduction of e-tickets

Our company provides services for the implementation of an electronic ticket system for cities. In the article the constituent parts of the ASOP system and the stages of implementation, the principles of work.

General scheme of the electronic ticket.

1. The most important component is the GPSM Smart City Transport software

It is the key core for the control and management of the city's transport infrastructure.

This city transport management software allows you to:

• issue city maps;
  
• manage city maps
• keep records of beneficiary cards by category;
• top up the balance, manage automatic balance top up, set various restrictions on cards (by time, number of trips, balance);
• access information about the position of urban transport online to residents of the city using iOS, Android mobile applications and the city's website. Plan routes;
• the city's transport department will be able to control the number of flights made, the flight schedule, delays and off-schedule traffic;
• provide passengers with a personal account for checking the balance and replenishing the transport card online.

An example of some system modules

• Trip statistics:
  

• Management of transport companies operating in the city
  

• Route management
  

• Management of types of concession cards and beneficiaries, management of the number of trips:
  

Deployment of web-based software is done in the cloud for horizontal scalability.

What is a city map and how is it issued?

A city map is an RFID or NFC card that allows you to receive municipal services. A kind of city map can be a transport card. By attaching a transport card to the validator, you can pay for travel in public transport. Transport cards are:

• Preferential. Certain categories of citizens are granted the right of travel. These cards may have restrictions: 1) by the number of trips; 2) by time; 3) by the total cost of travel. Preferential category cards must be personalized. To do this, upon issue, a full name, photo, group of benefits are printed on the card.
  

• Reusable travel ticket. The passenger replenishes the card balance using a mobile service, either online or through a kiosk, and spends money. Card data can be: 1) for the number of trips; 2) cards limited in time; 3) cards from which the pre-filled balance is debited.

City card design

Our company develops the design of cards, providing several options to choose from:

How are maps printed, issued and distributed?

The issuance of cards is automated using the GPSM Smart City Transport software module. You can order the issue of a card online by uploading documents through your personal account, or by visiting the office of the department responsible for issuing cards in person.

To organize the issuance of personalized cards (with photo, name, card type), you need the following equipment and materials:

1. A computer.
2. Card reader.
3. Photo or webcam.
4. A printer for plastic cards and consumables for it.

The passenger visits the office, the card is issued very quickly and conveniently:

1. The operator takes a photo of the passenger through a mobile application on a smartphone, or through a webcam (using the GPSM program), the photo is automatically uploaded to the system.
2. The operator fills in the full name, selects the type of card.
   
3. Scans a dummy card.
4. Presses "Save and Print". After that, a photo, full name of the passenger is printed on the card blank.

Order a card remotely

To order a card, a resident of the city is registered in the system. Using a personal account, he uploads photos of his documents and fills out the forms on his own.

After checking all the data and documents, the system operator prints the card and sends the card by mail, courier delivery or transfers to the point of issue.

2. Installing transport validators

Validators are devices installed in transport, which serve to pay for travel using:

• transport card or resident card;
• bank card;
• a one-time ticket using a QR code. The validator has a built-in optical QR and barcode reader;
  
• payment with a mobile application after reading the QR code from the validator screen using a mobile application.

The Lucky Pay 2 validator supports payment with virtual transport cards:

In terms of functionality, GPSM validators are modular and can include:

1. Reader of transport and city cards (optional reader of bank cards, support EMV certificates L1, L2).
2. Optical QR and barcode reader. Required to redeem single-use or time-limited tickets.
3. Thermal printer for printing tickets.
4. Built-in communication modules: 5G, 4G (LTE), 3G, GSM (edge, gprs), WiFi, Ethernet, Bluetooth.
5. The presence of a GPS module to control the position of the validator.

Popular set of validator functions:

• Card scanner.
  
• Optical scanner of one-time tickets with QR codes.

What is U1 - the driver's main device for?

3. Providing passengers with information about the position of transport online on the city map.

• position on the route of transport;
• deviations from the schedule;
• display lag / lead.

Information about the location of transport on the route is also conveniently displayed in a linear form:

The system collects and displays traffic statistics indicating when there were violations of the route schedule:

Information about delays and advances along the route is synchronized with the scoreboard at stops and in the bus:

Today, the GPSM City Transport system is the most powerful, functional and stable system for passenger transportation in Ukraine, providing users with a complete, convenient functionality, combining and digitalizing the transport system.

Leave a request through the website (chat, feedback, mail info@gpsm.ua) or call us at +38 (044) 362 -29-56, +38 (097) 696-84-07 (Viber, Telegram) and we we will prepare the optimal solution for your city or OTG.