"istanbulkart, A Success Story of Metropolitan Smart Card", Paris, 29 Septermber 2014, Zeyd Gülesin

1. A success story of metropolitan smartcard
ZEYD GÜLESİN
September 29th, 2014
Smart Ticketing and
Transport 2014, Paris

2. Outline
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 1- Belbim AŞ
 2- Key milestones for AFC
 3- System architecture
 4- AFC with numbers
 5- istanbulkart today
 6- istanbulkart in the near future
 7- istanbulkart as a city card
 8- Marmaray AFC Project

3. BELBİM AŞ
 Established in 1987 by the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
 265 engineers and technicians, 582 staff in total.
 BELBIM has received ISAE 3402 Type II audit report.
* Automated
Fare Collection
Systems
* RFID
Applications
* Smart
Passenger
Information
Systems
* Fleet Tracking
* Advanced
Telemetry
Systems
* Mobile
Payment
Teknologies
* Smart Card
Solutions
* POS Systems
* Automatic
Ticket
Vending
Machine
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4. Key milestones for AFC
Before Cash payment and paper tickets
1995 Akbil launched
1997 Private buses and TCDD partially integrated into the AFC
2006 Transfer option is widened to 5 in 90 min
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Monthly tickets are extended to the whole system
2009 istanbulkart launched
2010 Pay as you go on Metrobus (BRT)
2011 Private busses no longer accept cash payments
City card applications
2013 Marmaray
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5. System architecture
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6. istanbulkart, Contactless
Smart Card – MiFare DesFire
Single journey tickets –
Mifare UL
RF Tokens, MiFare Classic
AKBIL, TOM (Touch-on
Memory)
NFC Mobile Ticket– MiFare
Emulations (Pilot phase)
Electronic media in use
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7. AFC with figures
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400K Akbil
still in use
300 Refund
machines across
the Metrobus
Line

8. AFC with figures
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 20 different transport authorities integrated
into the system
 İstanbulkart used in 95% of all trips
 Less than 3% of the trips by single journey
tickets
 About 15% monthly ticket usage
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9. istanbulkart today
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 Fast transaction; less than 600ms
 Flexible file structure provides multiple
application development
 Secure transaction
 Easy adaptation to the latest
technologies (thanks to the contactless
system infrastructure)
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10. istanbulkart today
 Adjustable for use by various demographic groups such as the
elderly people, students, and government employees.
 Can be modified for a range of payment and fare options. e. g.
50% discount for the eid holiday.
 Student can easily extend their discount cards at TVM’s
 In case of loss or theft, the remaining balance on a registered
card can be transfered to a new one.
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11. istanbulkart in the near future
 Extension of istanbulkart to the minibuses
and taxis
 Extension of the pay-as-you-go service to
buses in suburban areas
 Home top-up
 NFC Ticketing
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12. istanbulkart as a City Card
İstanbulkart can be used in different parts of city life along
with transportation:
Parking
Public
Restrooms
Public
Assistance
and Welfare
Projects
Access
Control
and ID
Card
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13. Marmaray AFC project
 Undersea rail tunnel under
the Bosphorus strait
 Fully independent Automatic
Fare Collection System.
 New transportation card
(Marmaraykart)
to be used along with
istanbulkart
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14. Thank you …
Zeyd.Gulesin@belbim.com.tr