BIOMETRICS FOR SEAMLESS URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The era of internet and digitalisation has made everyone's life easier but has created significant challenges. For instance, online transport ticketing or plastic cards with top-up money provision could be a convenience for many people, but the same thing is a source of difficulty and terrible experience for others. These difficulties are mainly the following: necessity of carrying the plastic card along with many other cards, possibility of loss or theft of these cards and consumption of paper and plastic. The use of developing such a ticketing solution which caters to many people but creates troubles for others is fiercely debateable. This paper will first discuss the evolution of transport ticketing modes. Next, it will discuss the currently prevalent trend for urban ticketing (such as Oyster for Greater London public transport in the UK), and challenges associated with it. Subsequently, the paper will discuss a solution, along how to deal with likely apprehensions and methodologies to overcome the same.