Otago Regional Council public transport team leader Julian Phillips (left) and Regional Integrated Ticketing System contract lead Paul Everett display Bee Cards - a new tag-on, tag-off bus card set to replace the GoCard in Dunedin and Queenstown. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUEDunedin being chosen as a central hub for a new bus payment system being rolled out in nearly 30 municipalities across New Zealand is already benefiting the city’s economy, the team driving it says. The card, called a Bee Card, could be topped up online and used to tag-on, tag-off, similar to Snapper in Wellington or Hop in Auckland. Dunedin being selected as the ‘‘hub’’ for the system had brought direct economic benefit to the city, such as creating three new jobs based in Philip Laing House in central Dunedin. The system supplier, German company Inet, opened an office in central Dunedin about two years ago and employed six staff.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 14, 2019 15:22 UTC