❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the progress of the SmartRider Upgrade Project pilot program, including results, validator deployment, rollout timeline, budget, and expenditure. The Minister's answer confirms the pilot's success, details validator locations, and sets a timeline for new payment options by the end of 2024.
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I refer to a Government media statement, dated 29 September 2023, entitled New payment options for public transport one step closer , which indicated a two-month pilot program, and I ask: (a) what are the results of the trial pilot program; (b) how many of the "around 30" new payment systems (validators) were installed, and will the Minister please table a list of the locations; (c) when will the new payment options, including credit cards, mobiles, and wearable devices, become available on those new payment systems; (d) will the new payment option will be rolled out across the full Transperth network: (i) if yes to (d), when; and (ii) if no to (d), why not; (e) if yes to (d), how much has been budgeted to launch that rollout in full; and (f) how much of the $57.8 million budgeted for the modernisation project has been spent to date?
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7 May 2024
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Transport
Response time
4 days
(a)-(f) The SmartRider Upgrade Project pilot was successful, and new-generation SmartRider readers are now being deployed across the Transperth network.
In total, 73 new validators were included in the Pilot at Warwick, Glendalough, East Perth, Claisebrook and Perth rail stations – and on 30 buses operating from Beenyup Bus Depot in the northern suburbs.
New payment options will be enabled by the end of 2024, once the rollout of the 4,000 new readers across the network is complete, ensuring that Transperth continues to operate as a fully-integrated public transport system.
In total, 73 new validators were included in the Pilot at Warwick, Glendalough, East Perth, Claisebrook and Perth rail stations – and on 30 buses operating from Beenyup Bus Depot in the northern suburbs.
New payment options will be enabled by the end of 2024, once the rollout of the 4,000 new readers across the network is complete, ensuring that Transperth continues to operate as a fully-integrated public transport system.
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