📋 Tender Overview
The Cook Government has commenced user testing of a new digital system that will replace the need for paper vouchers for participants of the Taxi User Subsidy Scheme.
The Department of Transport (DoT) is conducting a pilot of the new digital system for the renamed Passenger Transport Subsidy Scheme, with a small group of taxi drivers from Black & White Cabs and TUSS participants from the Perth metropolitan area.
A limited number of pilot participants will test the new smartcard and PTSS mobile app in the Perth metropolitan area to ensure that journeys and payments go as smoothly as possible.
During the pilot, other TUSS participants will still need to use their current participant card and vouchers to access their subsidy, and all taxi drivers must continue to accept TUSS vouchers.
It is anticipated that the new digital PTSS system will be rolled out to all existing participants and the taxi industry by the end of March 2025.
On-demand booking services (ODBSs) will need to register to access the digital PTSS system via their DoTDirect accounts.
There will be a transition period from March 2025, where both old TUSS cards and vouchers and new PTSS cards must be accepted by taxi drivers.DoT will advise both industry and participants when the transition period has finished.
DoT will continue communicating important information and updates via regular industry and TUSS reform newsletters.
