Interoperable Fare Management Project

ITSO is the coordinator for the Interoperable Fare Management Project. The objective of the IFM Project is to provide travellers with shared types of contactless media throughout Europe. These can be used for multiple transport products (tickets) in different geographic areas and for sustainable modal switching, such as the use of Park-and-Ride.

The project was launched in January 2008 and it is co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Community Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development and DG INFSO under the IST Programme, ICT for Transport.

The document published below with the permission of the IFM Forum outlines common requirements and recommendations on interoperable media and multi-application management.

IFM_D3.2 Application and Interoperable Media V2.4

June 2010. In an innovative international multi-application demonstration, tickets from three national transport ticketing applications - British ITSO, French NaviGO and German Core Application (VDV-KA) - were loaded onto a card, proving that a single smart card can be used for travel on local public transport networks in different countries.

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Interoperable Fare Management: Downloading local applications on compatible media

 

For more information about IFM project and its deliverables go to www.ifm-project.eu .