The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has renewed an agreement that lets students and members of the campus community use their university ID cards to ride city buses for free. They call it the U-Pass program. This type of program is fairly common among colleges and universities, as it boosts bus ridership and lets students extend the functionality of their IDs.

Organizations in Ozark, Missouri are teaming up to bring the Missouri Child Identification Program (MO CHIP) to their community. The new program aims to speed up the recovery process through multiple forms of identification in the unfortunate event that a child goes missing.

Utah public transit riders are being introduced to a new fare system. The Utah Transit Authority is putting a new smart card system in place after completing tests on the electronic fare collection system. Electronic readers are positioned at the entrances to buses, train cars and light rail cars. The new smart cards are passed over the reader, eliminating the need for cash.

Savings and fun are now combined for visitors to Brisbane. Tourists can purchase a Five in One smart card giving them access to five of the city’s top attractions at a discounted rate. The Five in One card provides fast and cashless access to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Story Bridge Adventure Climb, Kookaburra River Queen Cruises, Riverlife Adventure Center, and XXXX Brewery Tour.

Football games are one of the most popular events for undergraduates on college campuses across the country. Making sure that thousands of students get tickets to the games can be challenging. The University of Georgia has developed a new strategy for issuing student tickets using the school’s student ID system. The University Athletic Association is hoping that the new system will help streamline the student ticketing process and help to stop ticket scalping.

England's Bristol City Football club is introducing a new smart card program that will award loyalty points to fans who frequently attend away games during the upcoming season. Yes, this is the world of European Football (don't call it soccer), where faithful followers demonstrate unbridled fanaticism by traveling with their teams. The rewards program is just one way the club is taking advantage of their new smart card ticketing system, in which fans can purchase "season cards" containing electronic tickets.

Taking transit ticketing technology one step further, South Korea’s Seoul subway system is introducing the world’s first RFID based program for single journey reusable ticketing. The new smart card system will serve a city of over 10 million people and replace paper tickets for passengers that were previously paying with cash.

The Children’s Hospital in Sheffield, England is rolling out a new system that combines entertainment and medical records in one unit. Bedside terminals previously used to provide entertainment and interactive services for patients are being outfitted with access to electronic patient records using a smart card access system. Medical records and data are also available from nursing stations and offices throughout the hospital using authorized smart cards.

Smart card technology is at the heart of a new collaborative transit system in Puget Sound. The Sound Transit line is opening later this month with 12 new stations. A station at the airport is opening later this year. The new ORCA smart card allows riders to load money onto their cards and keep track of their balances through an online system.

The Indian district Giridih is launching a new ID program offering special identity cards and a welfare guidebook to the disabled. This program is one of the first of its kind in the nation. The ID cards and guidebook detail many services and promotions available to the disabled in an easy access package.

A homeless shelter in York, England upgraded their security system to provide flexible access control that’s easy on the wallet. The Arc Light Project, a direct access shelter for homeless people recently moved into a custom designed building, and with it came a custom designed access control system. A state of the art electronic smart lock system provided the perfect security solution for the shelter.

Students at Salt Lake Community College are seeing the benefits of their student ID system. Many services are available to them when they flash their OneCard. Upon registration, each student is issued their ID card with their name, picture, and student ID number printed on the card.

In response to increasing security risks, hospitals are implementing programs that make it easier to identify who is walking through their doors. With more than 4,000 visitors everyday, hospitals in the Cottage Health system in California are taking extra security precautions and employing a visitor identification badge system.

The Pittsburgh Port Authority is beginning tests of their new smart card fare system. The pilot program uses 10 Port Authority buses that have been outfitted with new fare collection boxes equipped to handle the new smart card technology. A dozen Port Authority employees were selected at random to participate in the new smart card tests running through August.

EagleCard holders at Morehead State University just got a lot more privileges. More than 220 new contactless card readers have been installed around campus. Students and administrators are seeing the benefits of the new system. Student ID cards can now be used for access control, eating in dining halls, vending machines, copying and printing, and laundry.

Smart card technology is at the heart of a new car sharing program for the University of South Florida. The school is joining other colleges across the country in providing communal transportation. The WeCar program provides rental cars for short trips at hourly rates.