> We knew that they have been working on an NFC/smart card based system for around 4 years, without any visible result despite having spent over 4 million EURs.

> We knew that they have been working on an NFC/smart card based system for around 4 years, without any visible result despite having spent over 4 million EURs. The public procurement process for the current system called RIGO was indeed 2013 but the whole process is much, much older than that. A more than 300 page feasibility study was published in 2011 https://www.bkk.hu/apps/docs/megvalosithatosagi_vizsgalat.pdf https://www.bkk.hu/apps/docs/megvalosithatosagi_vizsgalat.pd... And a completely different system, called Elektra was announced in 2004 with a 2006 deadline. This whole clusterfuck with RIGO starting in less than a year was absolutely unnecessary since the 2011 study already suggested supporting contactless credit cards so once RIGO starts the only ones using this online ticket purchasing system will be those who have a credit card but not a contactless one. This is a (very) rapidly shrinking audience.