Wasn't that tried with those red citi hoppa buses? Ama that was a different technology?
I cast my vote with you Kris, very well thought out.
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:54 PM, kris njoroge <krsnjo@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think transport should be a service and not a business so to say, as a
> means of getting the working forces from home to job and back. One thing for
> certain is that the cost of transport as it lies right now is really high
> and most of the revenue or cash generated is never taxed enough as a pay
> back for the heartache we all go through in public transport.
> In view of moving into the new age i think a system of prepaid card would be
> the way of reducing the cost of transport per passenger, in this case the
> bus has a card reader to verify that the card is paid up. The price is fixed
> so going to westi or ronga or thika would be the same and you could pick any
> bus.
> The technology then would be a wireless card reader on the bus buses , a way
> of you refilling your monthly card either by mpesa or some other way. IMHO
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