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Agency officials claim that the number of fare evaders is still too small to justify making the necessary changes to the smart card. BART and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission are monitoring the problem and will make changes if abuse increases.
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This would help the agency close a $60 million budget gap, which has been cut in half from $120 million. This is the first fare increase in five years.
Read More →The fare system is set to go into service as early as late summer 2019.
Read More →Launched in 2012, the contactless bankcard system was extended in 2014 to cover London’s entire transit network — including Tube, rail, bus and tram services. The success of the contactless payment project in London is best represented by the 500,000 contactless journeys made every weekday.
Read More →UTA officials said the move is intended to improve safety and operations, as incidents of criminal behavior were related to people using the system.
Read More →Will use turnstiles for major stations and replace Transpo personnel with computer help stations that will offer basic transit tips and let riders speak to an attendant.
Read More →Once veterans and military personnel sign up for the Metro Veterans Program and provide valid proof of veteran or active-duty status, they will receive a “tap and show” smart card.
Read More →A new report says that many transit agencies are getting burned in deals they made with bailed-out Wall Street banks. Many are losing millions of dollars every year from budgets that are already rail-thin. Can they claim they are “too big to fail?”
Read More →The pilot is an expansion of the City of Lawrence-funded initiative that has covered fares on three local routes in Lawrence since September 2019.
Read More →The additions are intended to cut down on estimated $35 million the system loses to fare evaders annually.
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