Bolton SMART

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Bolton SMART

• Wendy Reddington Bolton Council
• Adam Smith Squidcard

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Agenda

• Background
• Current Scheme
• The Scheme Plan
• Working with eMoney
• Where Next

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Background

• National Smart Card Project
• WP7 Cross Boundary
• Authentication
• E-money
• Transport
• WP9 Software
• SmartConnect
• Licence
• User Group

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Blackburn/Bolton Pilot Key Facts

• Services - Library, Leisure and Transport
  Ticketing
• One bus route ITSO tehnical trial with STR
• Dates - Enrolment began Nov 2004 and continued
  until end march 05.
• 500 cards issued.
• Pilot ended 31/10/2005
• Citizens involved still using cards.

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Current Scheme

• Staff ID
• Over 6000 IDs issued
• Charging
• Security
• Driver permit
• Citizen scheme
• 12000 cards issued
• Enrolment
• Libraries
• OSS
• Services
• Library
• Leisure
• ITSO shell

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The Scheme Plan

• E-Money
• Open purse for use on low value high volume
  transactions in Bolton
• For everyone over 11
• Purse to be able to have funds directed to STR
  (ITSO shell) for use on bus travel
• For bus users over 11
• Bespoke purse for use on positive activities and
  to be used as apart of the EYPP project for 13-16
  year olds
• For young people 11-16

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The Scheme Plan

• Transport
• Concession
• Commercial tickets
• Payment card
• Council tax
• Rent
• Social inclusion
• Home visits

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Working with eMoneySelection criteria

• Compatibility
• Able to operate on Bolton Smart card platform
• Independence
• eMoney relationship between card holder and
  service provider
• Social inclusion
• Open to all stored value, prepaid application
• Not a bank application

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sQuidcardA flexible platform for local
authorities

• Simple on-card application
• Co-resides with Bolton Smart
• Increases functionality and usability of the card
• Multi-purse
• eMoney transit purse youth purse loyalty
• Web-centric thinking for top-up and management
• Independent relationship with retail
• sQuidcard directed
• Emphasis on local initiatives

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Technology framework
Bolton Smart card
HOPS API extension
ITSO STR AND HOPS FRAMEWORK
YOC card
sQuid to HOPS routing module
HOPS Interface
Purse schema
Bolton Card Registration and issuing
Association to ITSO STR Product
Fraud Manage-ment
Transit purse
FSA Framework
Upload
sQuid purse
Value transfer to purse
User account
Interface contracts to allow receipt of ITSO
messages
Reporting and admin
sQuidcard payments engine
Merchant
Merchant account
Auto top-up
Value upload oftransit purse
Direct to card
Validation
Settlement
Loyalty
sQuidcard host
Transaction settlement
Online Top-up
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Marketing

• Users
• Promotion of Bolton Smart
• Awareness of sQuidcard
• Merchants
• Integrated actions
• Bolton Council
• Retailer forums
• Council facilities
• Library/leisure

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Any Questions?