Text/Photo Peninsula All Media Reporter Ma Zhengtuo Correspondent Sun Baodi
On April 25th, the Peninsula reporter learned from Qingdao Qindao Tongka Company that after nearly half a year’s efforts, the buses belonging to Qingdao Public Transport Group in the central city of the island city, as well as buses in jiaozhou city and pingdu city, have all been updated and installed with a new type of on-board toll collector with the function of Qindao scanning code mobile payment. The toll collector not only supports the credit card swiping of Qindao Tong Card, but also supports the credit card swiping application of the National Interconnected Traffic Card issued by the Ministry of Transport in 190 cities across the country, and also supports the code scanning payment of Qindao Tong QR code, Alipay Qindao Tong electronic card and WeChat Qindao Tong electronic card. Five together, a total of more than 6,100 buses will support scanning code payment, which indicates that the conventional bus in the island city has entered the era of mobile payment on a large scale, which will greatly promote the construction of a convenient payment city in Qingdao.
The new toll collector is compatible with various payments.
According to reports, in order to further meet the urgent needs of passengers to take public transportation by mobile payment, Qingdao Qindao Tongka Company started the research and development of QR code payment from the beginning of 2017, and successfully completed the technical joint debugging and testing, and successfully realized the scanning code payment function. In October, 2017, Qindao Tong multi-function car toll collector was officially launched, which realized the card swiping application of Qindao Tong physical card (including the national interconnection card of the Ministry of Transport) and the scanning code payment function of Qindao Tong QR code and Qindao Tong electronic card.
"This kind of car toll collector, which is compatible with multiple payment forms at the same time, is the first case in the field of urban public transportation in China." According to relevant persons of Qindao Tongka Company, up to now, more than 1,000 buses of all bus lines in pingdu city and jiaozhou city, as well as 4,300 buses and 800 hand-held toll collectors belonging to Qingdao Public Transport Group in the central city have been upgraded, which will be completed by the end of this month.
Users can take the bus by downloading the QR code of Qindaotong APP, Alipay APP Qindaotong Electronic Card, My Qingdao APP and Qindaotong WeChat applet.
You can travel freely in Qingdao with your mobile phone.
It is understood that Qindaotong multifunctional car toll collector is an intelligent transportation travel carrier that follows the requirements of the Ministry of Transport and Qingdao Municipality on accelerating the application of mobile payment in the transportation field, conforms to the current trend of two-dimensional code mobile payment in society, follows the Internet characteristics of "big data, zero distance, convenient operation and benefiting all beings", and integrates "internet plus" into the traditional public transportation travel payment method. "It is equivalent to turning a smart phone into a smooth Qindao pass card", and realizing the function of "scanning code to pay" by car through payment channels such as mobile APP, Alipay and WeChat.
In the long run, mobile payment has broad prospects, especially in the tourist season, the influx of a large number of foreign tourists can greatly increase the proportion of mobile payment, bring more convenient travel experience to foreign tourists and further enhance the image of Qingdao as a tourist city.
It is also of positive significance for the development of the transportation industry to popularize this kind of Qindaotong multifunctional car toll collector which is compatible with multiple mobile payment functions at the same time. The staff of the Municipal Transportation Commission said that the mobile payment of public transportation is built according to the principle of "one system platform, one data channel, one sorting organization, one credit card machine, and compatible with various non-cash payment methods", which not only avoids repeated investment and construction, but also helps to obtain more comprehensive and objective travel data of citizens through various payment methods such as credit card swiping and code scanning on one platform and channel, and scientifically analyze the needs of public transportation travelers and provide them with the public.
There are 6 self-service machines in subway stations.
According to reports, creating a convenient and multi-payment compatible application environment is only one aspect of building a smart city, intelligent bus and convenient payment city, and it also needs a safe and efficient supporting environment to support it. The reporter was informed that in recent years, Qindao Tongka Company has also focused on enhancing the image of outlets, improving service quality, expanding agency outlets and broadening recharge channels.
At present, there are 19 self-operated manual customer service outlets of Qindaotong in Island City, and four outlets of Jiangxi Road, Nanfeng Road, Hubei Road and Banqiaofang are self-service card selling and recharging outlets. In four manual customer service outlets of Dunhua Road, Wuyishan Road, Laiyang Road and East Bus Station, Qindaotong self-service card selling and recharging machines have been added, which has extended service hours and increased channels for card purchase and recharging.
At the same time, six Qindaotong self-service card-selling and recharging machines were put into operation at five stations, including May 4th Square Station, Qingdao North Station, Qingdao Station, Liaoyang East Road Station and Licun Station. The citizens can handle the card purchase, recharge, inquiry and other services of Qindaotong by themselves through this device, and they can scan the QR code on their mobile phones according to the "Operation Guidelines" and apply for the electronic invoice of Qindaotong step by step. You can choose a variety of payment methods such as WeChat and Alipay for card purchase and recharge, which greatly facilitates the daily travel needs of island citizens and tourists. It is reported that only six self-service card-selling recharge machines in subway stations have been put into operation for half a month, and the recharge amount has reached more than 1.5 million yuan.
In order to further facilitate the citizens to recharge, Qindao Tongka Company also launched two mobile phone apps, Qindao Tongka and My Qingdao, which realized the functions of online recharge, detailed inquiry and electronic invoice of Qindao Tongka ordinary cards and special-shaped cards. At present, there are 700,000 users of two APP services and 300,000 daily active users. The developed mobile phone self-service recharge equipment realizes online recharge of Qindao Tong cards (including ordinary cards, special-shaped cards, half-price cards for the elderly and half-price cards for students), and cooperates with the cardholder’s ID card to realize self-service recharge of Qindao Tong free cards (including free cards for the elderly, disability cards and special care cards).
In addition, Qindao Tongka Company also cooperated with seven banks, including Bank of Communications, Postal Savings Bank, China Everbright Bank, China CITIC Bank, Rural Commercial Bank, Agricultural Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and nearly 600 bank outlets launched Qindao Tongka agent recharge business; In more than 580 stores in 24-hour convenience stores such as Youke, Mini Island, Yixin, seven-eleven and Haoke, Qindaotong mobile phone self-service recharge equipment has been deployed, and citizens can handle the self-service recharge business of Qindaotong cards.
■ Related links Island City has taken the lead in realizing the interconnection of traffic cards.
On April 25th this year, China Communications Information Center held a publicity meeting on the standards of Management Measures for Operation and Service Quality of Traffic Card (Trial) and Technical Specification for Two-dimensional Code Payment of Traffic Card in Qingdao. It was made clear at the meeting that the traffic card requires one city and one key in principle, which is limited to single-purpose prepaid cards applied in the transportation field and managed by the transportation authorities.
According to reports, Qingdao is the first batch of cities to join the national interconnection of traffic cards. In May 2015, according to the guidance of the Ministry of Transport, Qingdao Municipal Transportation Committee decided that Qindao Tongka Company would be responsible for the construction of the national interconnection project of traffic card. On October 22 of the same year, Qingdao obtained the commercial password of one card, and authorized Qindao Tongka Company as the operating enterprise of the password, responsible for the production, distribution, recharge, payment and liquidation of national standard cards. On December 25, 2015, the National Interconnection Qindao Card of the Ministry of Transport was officially issued. Qingdao became the first batch of 24 cities to realize the national interconnection of the Ministry of Transport, and it was the first in Shandong Province.
In June 2017, Qindao Tongka Company completed the upgrading of the standards of the Ministry of Transport for all bus and subway acceptance terminals in the island city. Up to now, Qingdao has issued 700,000 National Interconnection Qindao Pass Cards, which can be swiped at all buses and subway stations in Qingdao and enjoy corresponding discounts and transfer concessions. It can also be swiped at Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel and Qingdao Port Intelligent Parking Lot.
Total number of qindao pass cards
Break through 7.5 million.
It is reported that in June 2011, Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel was completed and opened to traffic, and Qindao Tongka Company built four ETC lanes as required. After installing and using Qindao Tongka electronic tags, it can realize non-stop payment and enjoy a 20% discount on tolls. In the manual toll lane, Qindao Tongka’s credit card payment is realized. In January, 2018, the Qindao Tong double-standard electronic tag was officially launched. With this electronic tag, Qindao Tong Card and Lutong Card were inserted respectively, and you can enjoy a 20% discount on tolls in the ETC lane of Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel and a 15% discount on tolls in the ETC lane of Expressway. It is understood that this is the first time in China to launch a dual-standard electronic tag that can simultaneously pass through urban roads and highways.
On March 30, 2010, Qingdao officially issued Qindao Tongka. Up to now, the cumulative issuance has exceeded 7.5 million, including about 2.2 million special cards such as old-age cards and student cards, and 80,000 electronic tags have been issued. The application field covers all bus, subway, Jiaozhou Bay tunnel, port parking lot and taxis in the main city of Qingdao, with an average daily transaction volume of 2.7 million. The bus swipe rate in the central city is 85%, the subway swipe rate is 65%, and the preferential transfer rate is 23%.