Multi-transport smart card in Mumbai from December

With the aim of having a multi-transport, single ticketing smart card in place in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) by year end, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday initiated the process of appointing a private company that will design the software and server for integrating the ticketing system for suburban railway, metro corridors, monorail and public bus transport system. The private company will design the software and direct several public transport agencies to integrate their ticketing system accordingly, MMRDA officials said.