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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will soon receive its first one million smartcards as part of a transit upgrade program.

Translink Ulsterbus in Bangor, United Kingdom is encouraging its passengers to start using smartcards to pay their fares, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

As part of an upgrade to bus travel in the Willoughby, Ohio area, smartcards will be made available to commuters on the bus lines operated by Laketran, according to a report from the News-Herald.

Travelers visiting Slovenia will be given smartcards for tourist needs as part of a program that was launched earlier this week.

Ferry authorities at Hokianga Harbour in New Zealand have proposed a plastic ID card program to facilitate payment methods for regular travelers, according to the Northern Advocate.

After controversy over an expensive smartcard ticketing system for public transportation, authorities in Melbourne, Australia have extended the program to include all forms of transit in the city.

A new smartcard system will improve safety for students travelling on school buses in Dubai, according to a report from the National.

Transit authorities in Washington, D.C. are lowering the price of smartcards for public transportation as part of recent plans to reshape the transit payment system.

A smartcard payment system for buses has been proposed as a solution to public transportation in the Detroit, Michigan area.

Drivers in the Queensland state of Australia are becoming frustrated while they wait for their new smartcard driver’s licenses to be mailed to them.