A column in the San Francisco Chronicle questions the timing of Bay Area Rapid Transit‘s interest in cell-phone payment technology:
After $87 million in startup costs, BART riders will finally be able to pay for their rides this summer using plastic swipe cards – so why has the financially beleaguered rail system spent $350,000 to test an alternative using cell phones?
BART is about to participate in the regional TransLink smart card system. Link to full story in San Francisco Chronicle.
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