The City of Minneapolis has partnered with Flowbird to replace its kerbside kiosks with 700 Flowbird CWT touch multi-use terminals, offering citizens a choice of payment options.
The new payment solution will include smart transit transfers and eventually be able to include more features such as contactless debit card payments and additional credit card types.
The system from Flowbird helps operators to create frictionless multi-modal travel through the digital transformation of their legacy ticketing systems as well as meet the needs of tech-savvy populations.
The Australian capital describes the network as a key building block in its vision to create a smart and sustainable city, serving 500,000 people by 2030.
FIWARE CEO Ulrich Ahle speaks to Graeme Neill about how the Smart Cities for Germany programme is helping the country’s poor track record on digitising services and how the battle for public opinion on open-source has been won.
