Electronic ticket, e-wallet, city card

The article concerns the activities performed during the implementation of a City Card System in order to avoid many problems that occur when introducing such a system. The activities relate to the purchase of system hardware and system and application software, installation and commissioning of the system, staff training, and local marketing activities. By following the appropriate cycle of activities, there is significant time saving, reduced implementation costs, reduced marketing costs, and thus the possibility of introducing a greater number of services in terms of payments with the City Card. The City Card System is a modern IT system that takes into account the expectations of the population and ensures the proper functioning of municipal services with the possibility of monitoring them. In the City Card System, the carrier is a contactless card with a permanent, individual number, made in accordance with the required standard. The purpose of introducing the City Card is to integrate several or a dozen services available in an urban or metropolitan area. Such services include cultural, transport, and administrative services. A proper City Card System is an open system that allows for its expansion with further services. In this way, the system allows for adjusting the introduction of the City Card to the financial capabilities of the ordering party at the time of implementation and takes into account cost constraints that can be omitted in subsequent stages of implementation. In the future, it will also be possible to pay with the card for parking, a visit to the cinema and theater, entry to the swimming pool, or shopping in a store. The money will be automatically deducted from a personal bank account. (…)

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