Amid beep card shortage, DOTr eyes mobile QR ticketing code

MANILA, Philippines — An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday said they are mulling the use of mobile QR code tickets as mode of payment for train fares.

Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) corporate secretary Hernando Cabrera said this at the Senate finance subcommittee hearing on the proposed P167.12-billion DOTr budget in 2023, after Senator Grace Poe grilled them over not having efficient plans in addressing the supply gap in stored-value or beep cards.

The DOTr earlier warned of a shortfall in beep cards, but Cabrera clarified that this is caused by a global chip shortage.

He then said one of the solutions they are looking into was to install …

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