Ben P., my climate scientist ex-roommate currently living in Oz and apparently scanning headlines from Taiwan, sends this along:
Newley: I assume you heard about this while in Taiwan – you better start collecting those metro cards quick – could eventually be a thing of the past.
Actually, Ben, I hadn’t seen that news — and I’m all the happier that I’ve already got the Taipei card in my possession! I better start beefing up my collection before less tech-savvy cities start doing the same…