The Umo mobility platform will enable transit users to manage their accounts using a simple self-service web portal, or the Umo App, and reload their accounts with fare products, passes, or stored value.
Umo facilitates contactless fare payment with smart cards and mobile devices, including multi-ride tickets and pass products that are securely validated using QR code technology.
The new system is expected to launch in mid-2023, alongside Milwaukee County’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service.
Riders can get WisGo when they download the Umo App in the App Store or Google Play and enter in “Milwaukee” as their location.
Umo is a national fare collection system that will connect MCTS riders to not only its bus services but to other forms of transit across the region.
With Umo’s mobile app and reloadable smart card, BC Transit will also offer pre-paid stored value and pass products so that riders can easily purchase with a mobile device, new web portal, or retailer and board simply by scanning their mobile device or tapping their card.
The investment will bring the next generation of contactless fare payment and collection technology, allowing riders to “tap and go” with their mobile devices and credit/debit cards.
This move puts TransLink on pace to be the first transit agency in Canada to fully integrate Interac Debit contactless payments across a regional transit system.
Community members, commuters, and visitors who prefer to use their phones for transit can download the Umo Mobility app in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store
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