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Egypt is working with South Korean consultancy firms to introduce a unified pass for all means of public transportation, Al Monitor reports<\/a>. The pass would be issued for a specific period of time, and would expire once that time period elapses. The new system aims to cut costs by reducing the number of tickets that are printed, and would also eliminate the possibility of re-selling used tickets. However, there are concerns that old habits die hard and Egyptians would find ways around the unified card system to avoid paying altogether. According to a professor of roads and bridges at Ain Shams University, 30% of railway riders did not pay for their tickets in 2016. The European Development and Reconstruction Bank and the Export-Import Bank of Korea signed a USD 350k grant agreement to finance the technical side of the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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