jaipur in an attempt to provide hasslefree transportation to commuters jaipur smart city mission lists out implementation of common payment card system as one of the critical projects for the city transportationtravellers will be provided a common prepaid payment card that will be valid for different services such as city bus services metro services and public sharing bicycle system according to the officials this card will enable commuters to travel seamlessly across various modes of transport in the citypayment of entry fee at heritage sites particularly tourists visiting jaipur is also proposed to be enabled through the common ticketing system the project implementation period is one yearcommon payment card system based on unified payment system is a method of payment through smart card used across different transport systems like metro bus para transit etc said an official of the jaipur smart city mission limited jsmlthe proposed common payment card system will be based on open loop standards as against the traditional closed loop oriented systems the open loop systems will have benefits of integration with multiple systems agencies over a closed loop based system the official addedcommuters and tourists can get the card from the point of sale pos stations established at designated places in the city one of the unique features will be that these cards can be recharged at electronic ticketing machines etm it will be recharged at etms in the city bus pos stations and through website or mobile applicationsonce the system in place cash handling by authorities will be reduced to a great extent and it will bring down the operational cost too there are provisions for integrating more agencies departments and services to be covered in future