Paying fares by cell phone is one of the options that the Chicago Transit Authority (IL) wants to consider as it moves toward a new fare payment technology.
The Toronto Transit Commission (ON) has issued a request for pre-qualifications for an open standards-based fare payment system, despite opposition from local officials and politicians.
As Toronto (ON) continues to debate smart card options, greater Vancouver’s TransLink (BC) is moving forward with its own plans and expects to have a new fare payment system in place by 2013.
Hong Kong’s Octopus Holdings, Ltd., which provides e-payment services, received HK$44 million for selling personal data from 1.97 million customers to six companies.
Despite assurances from TTC chairman Adam Giambrone that major US transit properties are actively pursuing open fare payment systems, The Globe and Mail says that those agencies are telling a different story.
The Toronto Transit Commission (ON) is moving forward with plans to introduce an open payment fare system and expects to issue a request for proposals in August.
The Boston Taxi Owners Association is suing the City of Boston over a rule that says taxi drivers cannot operate when the mandatory on-board credit card machine is not working.
The New York City Department of Transportation is replacing coin-operated parking meters at the Staten Island Ferry terminal with new models that accept credit cards.
Susan Bregman is editor of The Transit Wire. She has been a consultant on transit policy and planning for fifteen years and before that worked for the Boston Transportation Department. In 2004 she founded Oak Square Resources, LLC, which focuses on transit research, policy, and communications.