BMTC plans to offer a bouquet of bus passesBMTC official, who was part of the meeting that suggested changes in the commuter pass system, said the transport utility was also planning...
27 Dec, 2018, 10.31 AM IST
No change? Use digital wallet to buy bus ticket in BangaluruBangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is working on a plan to replace its 10,000 electronic ticketing machines with an Androi...
06 Nov, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
BMTC to replace 8 lakh bus passes with smart cardsBMTC earlier worked on a similar project in association with Axis Bank. However, the initiative failed as the smart cards were open-loop ca...
16 Jul, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
After facing technical hurdles, BMTC turns to 'closed-loop smart card'While a closed-loop card can be used only for BMTC services, an open-ended card helps its holder to use it across services such as BMTC, KS...
25 Jun, 2018, 11.03 AM IST
Nothing smart about BMTC's cashless cardThe cardholders continue to face resistance from conductors who cardholders say prefer the usual cash transaction than the smart card.
05 Oct, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
Time for smart travel: BMTC's bug-free smart card to rollout soonThe BMTC has partnered with Axis Bank to launch what it claims to be India's first openloop Europay , MasterCard, Visa (EMV) system.
03 Jul, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
Digital switch: Smart cards to replace students' BMTC bus passIn June last year, BMTC partnered with Axis Bank to launch what it calls India's first open loom EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) card sy...
07 Jun, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
Common Mobility Card is now a Smart City Idea for BengaluruCommon mobility card has been packaged under Bengaluru Transport-related Information and Planning System, an app-based platform that will a...
06 Apr, 2017, 12.06 PM IST
What ails BMTC and what it must do to drive Bengaluru's futureBengalureans may have a litany of woes against the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation but there is no denying that the public tra...
24 Feb, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
Karnataka Government puts party first, keeps utilities apartAs Namma Metro network gets bigger, BMTC will have to realign its network and schedules in order to make optimum use of its fleet and incre...
01 Feb, 2017, 09.45 AM IST
Transport big issue in Bengaluru, but government keeps BMRC & BMTC apartBowing to the pressure from party leaders, the Siddaramaiah regime has nominated a bunch of party workers on the boards of the two critical...
31 Jan, 2017, 07.56 PM IST
Soon, KSRTC buses to go the cashless wayBMTC, as an initial step, is preparing to introduce a smart card system to digitally collect fares on two bus routes beginning February, ET...
25 Jan, 2017, 12.19 PM IST
Smart cards on two bus routes of Bengaluru from FebruaryFor its smart cards, BMTC has partnered with Axis Bank to launch what it calls `India's first open loop EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) ...
12 Jan, 2017, 11.34 AM IST
Namma Metro, BMTC to work on common tariff cardThe common mobility card project, however, is going to take some time as both organisations will have to first prepare their backend softwa...
19 Jul, 2016, 01.00 AM IST
Bengaluru's common mobility card project of BMTC and BMRCL runs into troubled watersBMTC's card, which will be ready by July , will act as base for the common card then it will be used for BMTC buses and then integrated wit...
23 May, 2016, 12.17 PM IST
Cashless travel on cards from May, says Bangalore Metropolitan Transport CorporationEkroop Caur said common mobility cards will be issued from all pass counters, and Traffic and Transit Management Centres (TTMC) apart from ...
30 Mar, 2016, 11.11 AM IST
In an online world, BMTC misses the bus againBut regular users of the city's public bus network believe the utility could have introduced online bus pass facility years ago.
11 Jan, 2016, 11.17 AM IST