The number of bus and ferry users in Greater Christchurch paying with cash has dropped by 40% since the new contactless system kicked in three weeks ago.
Some 20,000 individual bus and ferry users have made use of the national ticketing solution Motu Move, which came into play on November 10, with more than 62,000 trips paid by phone or credit card.
Giles Southwell, Environment Canterbury’s head of corporate and public transport services, said in the third week of Motu Move nearly 25% of all adults paying non-concession fares were using the new system with a 40% drop in adult cash fares showed many people were taking advantage of the new system.
