Intelligent Navigation System and Operation Control Centre (OCC) are proposed to be integrated with the city’s intelligent transportation system. The Automatic Fare Collection system to be implemented by the Kochi metro will be extended to the water-transport system. The ultimate objective is to make the entire public transportation system one seamless entity, with single ticketing, single network and single ‘command and control’ over all modes of transport, including the metro, buses and boats. The State government will contribute a sum of Rs.102 crore to the project under which 78 modern ferries will be purchased. The project will be financed by the Indo-German Bilateral Cooperation, under the ‘climate friendly urban mobility’ plan.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2016 00:13 UTC