The Electronic Fare Collection System is an information management system that is secure, fast and accurate. It provides pre-paid rides in the mass transportation system.

Smart cards are widely used for their ease of use and high security. istanbulkart is the contactless smart card introduced by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for urban services and electronic ticket applications. It is up to the international standards for contactless smart cards (ISO 7816 and ISO 14443).

Work is underway to utilize “istanbulkart” as a loyalty card and a membership card in civic services, event ticketing, car parking, social aid identification and access control, e-health, electronic passport, electronic ticket, e-campus, etc.

The first step of the project was to transfer the conventional electronic fare collection system into the card system in addition to AKBİL.

Benefits of the Smart Card System

• Contactless card is user-friendly.
• It can fit in a wallet.
• High security against counterfeiting.
• Large memory storage capacity enables multiple applications and a flexible structure.
• Electronic ticket can be used to pay for parking, taxi fares, cinema / theater, personnel attendance control systems, social services (e.g. food, fuel, service distribution) etc.

Paying via Electronic Ticket

Depending on the content of the electronic ticket, various pricing scenarios can be applied.
• Prepaid Ride: Collection from the e-ticket based on the concerned tariff.
• Connection Ride: Optional discounted collection in which the connection that the e-ticket obtains after the prepaid right is valid.
• Subscribed Ride: Rides prepaid on a monthly, weekly or daily basis.
• Discounted Prepaid Ride: Collection from the student or teacher e-tickets based on the concerned tariff.
• Discounted Connection Ride: Optional discounted collection in which the connection that the student or teacher e-ticket obtains after the prepaid right is validated.
• Discounted Subscribed Ride: Rides prepaid on a monthly basis via student or teacher e-tickets.
• Free Ride: Rides via e-tickets granted by companies to their employees for free rides in public transportation.
• “Not Enough Credit”: Warning message displayed when the e-ticket doesn’t have enough credit for the ride.
• “False Ticket”: Counterfeit or suspected e-ticket that must be confiscated by the driver.

• Multi service application and electronic wallet capability comes in the size of a credit card.

• Applied in major new projects since rollout in 2004.

• A proven record of successful implementation in Istanbul.

• Data protection capabilities against data corruption.

• High security against counterfeiting.

• Fast, reliable and secure processing.

• Complies with international smart card standards of ISO 7816 - 4 and ISO14443A.

• Interfaces with validator, ticket vending machines and access gates.

• Personalized colorful prints.

• Comes in reusable thin card and disposable modes.

• Multiple pricing scenarios possible: monthly / weekly subscriber, discounted and free.

• Support of 28 different applications with 14 keys each such as; Electronic Ticket, Car Park, Personnel Access and Attendance Control, “Campus Card”, etc.

• Suitable for distance based (check-in / check-out) pricing, time-based discount and zone applications.

• Comes in a various styles and forms: In credit card size and shape, mini credit card size, as a sticker on a cell phone, key ring type.

• Command support of ISO 7816 - 4
• Compliant to ISO 14443 A Level 4
• Frequency of Communication: 13.56 MHz
• 7-byte unique serial number
• Speed of Communication : 106, 212 and 424 Kbit/s
• Sensing distance: up to 100 mm

Memory:
• 4KByte EEPROM (allows writing 100.000 times)
• Data retention: up to 10 years

Security:
• Mutual three pass authentication.
• DES and 3DES algorithms, key length 56 or 112 bits.
• 3DES hardware coprocessor.
• Hardware random number generator.
• RAM and EEPROM “glue logic scrambling” characteristic.
• Distinguishing master key defining the card owner.
• Simple encrypted communication options with data integrity.
• Up to 28 multiple applications.
• 16 files for every application.
• 14 different keys for every application.

• As e-ticket in public transport systems of Seattle, Dublin, Madrid, Bilbao, Toulouse, Oslo, Bergen, Venice, Czech Railways, Turku, Nanjing, Sydney, Auckland.

• As staff ID cards at NASA and DOD / USA.

• Sports Arena / Membership and Event Ticketing Card in FC - Koeln, Real Madrid, World Cup 2006.