Comments on: paying for parking in Estonia http://www.eire.com/2004/paying-for-parking-in-estonia/ Government, Infrastructure, Business Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Antti http://www.eire.com/2004/paying-for-parking-in-estonia/comment-page-1/#comment-8145 Antti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.eire.com/wordpress/?p=73#comment-8145 I think the "SMS ticket" was the wisest thing Helsinki city transportation dept. adopted in the last few years. It has announced that it will renew the current ticket system (cards and readers, not related to the sms therefore) because it is not a standard in the market and it is quite pricey - and it was only taken into use about 1-2 years ago. The SMS ticketing isn't that much affected by the change in my opinion as the ticket/message is shown to a person, in case the ticket is checked, not a machine. I think the “SMS ticket” was the wisest thing Helsinki city transportation dept. adopted in the last few years. It has announced that it will renew the current ticket system (cards and readers, not related to the sms therefore) because it is not a standard in the market and it is quite pricey – and it was only taken into use about 1-2 years ago.

The SMS ticketing isn’t that much affected by the change in my opinion as the ticket/message is shown to a person, in case the ticket is checked, not a machine.

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