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🇬🇹 Guatemala City

Transmetro Tarjeta Ciudadana

Guatemala City's Transmetro BRT ran on cash and coin fares for years. On 15 May 2021 the municipality launched the reloadable Tarjeta Ciudadana, then partnered with Mastercard that September so riders could tap contactless Visa/Mastercard bank cards or phone wallets instead of ever buying a card.

Live 📅 since 2021

🤖 AI-generated summary of the sources below — how this works · 🔎 Last verified

🚲 MobilitySmart ticketingPublic transport
Scale🏙️ City-wide

📖 Terms in this entry: Bus rapid transit (BRT) · E-ticketing · Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)

Sources

⏳ Municipalidad de Guatemala (authority) — link coming soonOfficial municipal management database detailing urban infrastructure.
↗ Prensa Libre — Transmetro utilizará sistema digital de tarjeta prepagoFurther information on the project.

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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🇲🇲 YPS Unified Bus Fare Card · Yangon Both went cashless via a private card: Guatemala added bank-tap fast (2021); Yangon's YPS took to 2024 to reach 90 bus lines. 🇮🇳 Bhubaneswar's Transit Fare Card: From Odyssey to NCMC · Bhubaneswar Two fare-card transitions: Bhubaneswar's Odyssey stopped issuing in 2025 for a national card; Guatemala's Tarjeta Ciudadana keeps growing. 🇨🇦 Winnipeg Transit Live Bus GPS Tracking · Winnipeg Different halves of transit tech: Guatemala digitized the fare in 2021, Winnipeg digitized rider info with live GPS tracking in 2026.

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📎 Cite this project

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Transmetro Tarjeta Ciudadana” — Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/guatemala-transit-telemetry/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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