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In Australia, more than 11,000 Go Card users are unintentionally falling victim to being charged a more expensive fixed rate rather than the original cost of the bus ride.

According to the BBC’s Liverpool News, a new smartcard will become available to travelers in the UK.

Visa recently announced that more than 40 parking lots in Toronto have adopted its payWave system, which connects a bank account to smartcards, as a way of easing the customer’s access and departure to the lots.

Although India has already implemented smartcard-based technologies for use in metropolitan areas, Kolkata recently decided to use the systems in suburban areas as well.

Throughout the Black Country in England, metro conductors will soon be equipped with smartcard readers, according to the Express and Star.

OC Transpo, in Ontario, Canada, may allow its users to share its transit smartcards with others when the new payment plan comes into effect next year, according to CFRA News Talk Radio.

Although India has already implemented smartcard-based technologies for use in metropolitan areas, Kolkata recently decided to use the systems in suburban areas as well.

Will Judge, the head of future ticketing at Transport for London, recently spoke with the London Assembly transport committee about his plans for implementing smartcards for travelers.

In Swindon, U.K., passengers have recently approved of the electronic fare system that was initiated in 2006 for the Thamesdown Transport bus service, according to Swindon Business News.