A decision has been made to extend the J$100 dollar special fare for Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) adult passengers until December 31.
JUTC Managing Director, Colin Campbell, says the extension will facilitate a review of the SmarterCard and cash fares.
The State-run bus company will be conducting the examination based on a survey in progress and through its own systems to determine the possibility of the $100 fare through its SmarterCard system and a separate cash fare.
Campbell says 100 per cent of JUTC Concession passengers have been using only SmarterCards since last year.
About 10 per cent of the adult fare paying passengers use SmarterCards.
He said the company’s goal is to get the majority of adult passengers using SmarterCards and a number of incentives were considered at a retreat of the JUTC Board of Directors.
Prepaid SmarterCard launch
The JUTC on Friday launched its Prepaid SmarterCard.
Commuters will be able to purchase the card at outlets in the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region in the same way they buy telephone credit.
The prepaid card can only be used for adult fares.
Campbell says another part of the company’s push to get commuters to use SmarterCards is increasing the number of points of sale that top-up of cards may be done.
There are 81 points of sale.
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