Cubic to Discuss Benefits of an Integrated National Approach to Ticketing at North of England Transport Summit
December 06 2016 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Cubic Transportation Systems to address how a
single travel account can help enable economic growth in North
England
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic
Corporation (NYSE:CUB), today announced that John Pickworth,
business development director for CTS, will participate in a panel
discussion highlighting the role of transport in the Northern
England economy at the North of England Transport Summit. Organized
by the Transport Times, the event, held at Midland Hotel in
Manchester, United Kingdom, on December 7, brings together key
politicians and practitioners to discuss and debate the future
transport strategy for the North of England.
At the summit, Pickworth will discuss how the region can benefit
from a single approach to smart ticketing. In addition, he will
introduce improved transport services, encouraging greater
inter-modality across cities through a compelling customer
proposition, to help boost the Northern England economy. Pickworth
will also address how this approach will drive patronage growth on
public transport, improve network optimization and lead to reduced
congestion on the surrounding highways.
“An integrated, well-understood and easily accessible ticketing
system covering multiple regions and modes of travel, and based on
a single account such as Cubic’s One Account technology, is central
to the idea of smart travel,” Pickworth said. “Northern England is
taking all the right steps in making integrated ticketing a
reality, through its Smart North initiative. Once implemented, the
scheme will bring Northern England benefits comparable to what the
Ventra card, Oyster card and contactless payment have brought
commuters and transport service operators in other major cities
around the world, such as Chicago and London.”
“Transport is crucial if we are to bridge the productivity gap
between London and the southeast and north regions of England,”
added Professor David Begg, publisher and chief executive of
Transport Times. “While big transport infrastructure projects
including HS2, HS3 and Trans-Pennine Road tunnel grab the
headlines, it is smaller schemes, such as smart ticketing and
information, which will have just as much of a transformational
impact on the traveling public.”
Pickworth will take part in the following panel session:
- Session 2: The role of transport in
boosting the economy in the NorthWednesday, December 7, 1:00 –
3:00 p.m. at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, United
KingdomPanelists: Alex Hynes, Arriva Rail North Ltd; Alison
Pilling, Transport for the North; Susan Evans, Alstom UK & I;
Giles Fearnley, First Group; Dave Newton, Arup.
Cubic has been a global leader in intelligent transportation
solutions for more than 45 years, processing more than 24 billion
transactions annually and serving more than 38 million people every
day.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates and operates systems,
products and services focused in the transportation, defense
training and secure communications markets. Cubic Transportation
Systems is a leading integrator of payment and information
technology and services to create intelligent travel solutions for
transportation authorities and operators. Cubic Global Defense is a
leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based
training solutions, special operations and intelligence for the
U.S. and allied forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides networked
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense,
intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit the company's website
at www.cubic.com or on Twitter @CubicCorp.
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