IIT Bombay and JJ School of Art to Design ITS Smart Card
- IIT Bombay and Sir JJ School of Art have been assigned the task to design the ITS smart cards by MMRDA.
- The institutes were roped in after the competition organized by MMRDA was unsuccessful in offering designs of cards.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) recently organized a competition to come up with a final design for theIntegrated Ticketing System (ITS)smart cards. However, the committee forITScould not find a suitable design amongst the entries for the competition.
Therefore, the MMRDA has asked theIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), BombayandSir JJ School of Artto come up with an appropriate design for the ITS smart cards. The committee will extract a few suitable designs for the card and will forward them to the two shortlisted institutes.
IIT Bombayand JJ School of Art will take these prototypes and will give the final design of the card, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA, Sanjay Khandare, informed.
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The design submitted by these institutes will go to the Public Transport Operators (PTOs) for final approval.PTOsare under the administration ofMetropolitan Commissioner UPS Madan. The ITS smart card will enable the people residing in Mumbai to use a single card for traveling through multiple transportation mediums.
TheITS smart cardswill work for individuals who want to use suburban railway system, monorail, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply busses, Transport buses, existing and upcoming metro rail services. A detailed project report has been prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the consultants for the project and MMRDA will invite bids for the same.
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The competition to design ITS smart cards was started by MMRDA in January with a prize money of Rs. 25,000 for the winning design and Rs. 15,000 for the runner-up design.