Queensland Rollout to Hit Major Milestone after Years of Delays; Politicians Seek to Score Points Over Fare-System Fumble
The last major transport operator serving the Australian city of Brisbane and the state’s most populous region, “South East Queensland,” is scheduled to launch open-loop payments Monday as part of a long delayed Smart Ticketing project being rolled out by Cubic Transportation Systems.
The original AU$371 million (US$234.1 million) account-based ticketing and open-loop payments project will increase in cost to nearly