London is ahead of other cities with contactless, but as more cities switch their transport system to contactless cards, Citymapper Pass will spread. You’ll get a Citymapper-branded contactless card, but it’s likely that most subscribers will register this with Apple Pay or Google Pay so they can use their phone or watch to tap in and out.Ĭitymapper says that London is just the first stage in an ambitious plan, designed to make public transit more convenient as well as cheaper. For £40, they’ll get the same, plus unlimited rides on TfL’s Santander docked bike shares as well as two journeys on Citymapper’s Ride, its cab-sharing system similar to Uber Pool.Īs Wired notes, the £30 fee – if achieved – would offer a worthwhile savings of £5.10 ($6.65) on the cost of buying the same weekly travelcard from Transport for London (TfL), while the £40 option could prove excellent value if you make frequent use of Santander bikes. The first, at about £30 (prices may still be subject to final tweaking), will give Citymapper Pass subscribers full access to zones one and two of Transport for London’s network for a week. Citymapper Pass, a new contactless payment card will combine buses, trains, trams, Santander bikes and Citymapper’s Ride service as part of a weekly subscription įrom launch, there will be two subscriptions. Wired reports that the idea is being piloted in London, initially with just a few thousand people.Ĭitymapper is launching a subscription service for London transport. Transit navigation app CityMapper has come up with an interesting monetization strategy that could save its users money: a discounted weekly travel pass …

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