Moscow – October marks the second anniversary of biometric fare payments in the Moscow transport. Since October 2021, passengers have made more than 80 million trips using biometrics.
The innovative payment option is used around 140 thousand times each weekday.
Today, biometric payments are available at all metro stations, Moscow Central Circle (MCC), Aeroexpress, and regular river transport.
In the future, it is planned to expand the functionality of the service and launch it on the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and on-ground urban transport (trams and buses).
“Moscow was the first city in the world to launch biometric fare payments on such a scale. It is up to the passenger to decide whether or not to use biometrics. All other payment methods remain,” said Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport.
“The facial recognition payment system is a completely Russian development.
“It has a banking level of protection, and all data is encrypted.”
To use biometric payment, it is enough to connect to the service in the Metro Moscow app, which is available on Google Play and App Store.
In addition, a biometric trip with a linked Mir card costs less than the usual one until the end of the year.
The Moscow Transport news channel https://t.me/DTRoadEn
