Romanian Pensioners, War Veterans Have Until End-2012 To Get Travel Smart Cards

As per a Government Decision issued in January 2011, pensioners and war veterans will be issued travel smart cards, for use in county and inter-county road transport, and transport firms will be required to outfit their vehicles with card readers.

The vehicles will also be equipped with electronic registers and the card readers must be able to send data online.

The cards will be nominal and contain the beneficiary’s personal numeric code, the number of trips for which he/she is eligible, the number of used trips and their value. Each card will be valid for one year.

The beneficiaries include pensioners, war veterans and war widows, who are entitled to six simple trips per year, with a 50% discount.

In early December, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said the ministry is working on legislation whereby the categories benefitting from discounted transport tickets would compensate their price personally and not through the transport operators.