Kyiv authorities reaffirm plan to install card validators in marshrutkas as city moves toward cashless fares AI

Kyiv city officials say the drive to fully digitalize public transport and eliminate cash payments remains in place, with validators (card-payment terminals) to be introduced in Kyiv marshrutkas, the report says. If carried out, installing validators and phasing out cash would change how passengers pay for short, everyday trips on Kyiv’s marshrutkas and represents a major step in the city’s broader transport digitalization policy.