Sydney to Test Multimodal Payments Involving Private Mobility Providers Using Digital Closed-Loop Card

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Dan Balaban

NFC Times Exclusive Insight – A trial to be held later this year in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, if it proves successful, could offer one example for how agencies can encourage customers to take multimodal transport combining public and private operators. The economics behind the New South Wales government’s trial offer are unclear, however.

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