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This region includes Miami where the EASY Card revenue management system has become a major Cubic project, which recently expanded under a $33 million contract for upgrades to cloud-based services supporting mobile- and open-payment technologies.
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The agency’s regular 1-Day, 7-Day, and 30-Day passes have been discounted 50% since January 2022 in the agency’s efforts to help its riders, many of whom are essential workers and disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 related economic losses.
Read More →Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Fort Worth Transportation Authority, and Denton County Transportation Authority will make GoPass available starting Sept. 16. In recent years, the three agencies have collaborated to improve payment options for customers by issuing a common regional pass and deploying ticket vending machines that accept credit/debit cards.
Read More →One of the basics in any transport system is ticketing. Efficiently collecting payment remains at the core of the role of most operators.
Read More →Creating a reduced fare program is one of the suggestions by Chicago-based nonprofit Active Transportation Alliance.
Read More →The company also announced the opening of its New York office and the hiring of Josh Robin as VP, strategy and business development, North American operations.
Read More →Enables passengers to simply tap a contactless payment card, linked smartcard or mobile device to travel.
Read More →GCRTA has joined EZfare, the fare platform used by 14 transit agencies across the region, and is promoting EZfare mobile payment in the Transit app.
Read More →The agency also launched a new student transit pass program and the pilot for a contactless fare payment system.
Read More →COVID-19 has made it clear that handling cash and touching equipment — like turnstiles or fare vending machines — to board, could make transit less attractive through the risk of infection.
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