Monday July 8th, 2013
BRT commences e-ticketing
tomorrow
on July 08, 2013 at 9:06 am in
News
BY JONAH NWOKPOKU
Lagos — Lagos State
Government through the state
Metropolitan Area Transport
Authority, LAMATA, regulator of
the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, will
from tomorrow commence the
use of e-ticketing payment as
part of ongoing re-structuring
of BRT’s operations and
management aimed at
enhancing effectiveness.
Managing Director, LAMATA, Dr.
Dayo Mobereola, who disclosed
this, weekend, said the measure
was part of a holistic plan at
returning the BRT operations
and experience to its once
efficient and effective state
when it was fist launched in
2008.
Mobereola said the Lagos State
Government was not unaware
of the challenges that
commuters using the current
BRT system were experiencing,
explaining that steps were
currently being taken to ensure
the restoration of efficient and
effective service delivery on the
system and increase its
capacity.
According to him, the e-
ticketing payment was a
solution through a payment
card named ‘Lagos Connect,’
and would offer commuters
several options, saying, “with
the e-payment system,Lagos
Connect, commuters in Lagos
will pay as low as N20 per trip
instead of N70. They would not
need to struggle for change or
lose their money, and the
system is safe and convenient.