San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is conducting a pilot program to enable drivers to the ability to use their Clipper transit fare cards to pay for parking. The Park with Clipper program enables drivers in San Francisco use their Clipper cards to pay for parking at select garages, including the Japan Center Garage (at […]

  AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the summer 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in […]

Ultra Electronics simplify card printing, joins aptiQ Alliance Ingersoll Rand has announced that Ultra Electronics Card Systems has joined the aptiQ Alliance program. Membership to the aptiQ Alliance means that Ultra Electronics customers using Magicard Rio Pro can now print and encode high security aptiQ smart cards for use at their own site, be it […]

SALTO Systems S.L. has been recognized by market research firm IMS Research, as being the 8th largest access control company worldwide. According to the IMS report, “The World Market for Access Control Equipment – 2013 Edition”, SALTO, with its headquarters in Oiartzun, Spain has solidly broken into the ranks of the world’s top ten Access […]

TransLink has opened up registration for beta testing Compass, the transit’s new “tap in” and “tap out” electronic fare card set to arrive in late 2013. Once fully implemented, Compass Card will replace all current passes and tickets, including West Coast Express products. The Compass Cards can be loaded with the fare product based on […]

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is in the midst of rolling out a more sophisticated smart card system as part of the transits move to a new electronic fare program. According to Cincinnati.com, electronic fare boxes have been equipped on the transit’s nearly 350 buses. A rider will tell the driver this destination and […]

TriMet, the public agency responsible for mass transit in the Portland metropolitan area, is proposing a new electronic fare system to replace weekly and monthly passes starting in 2015, according to Oregon Live. The planned $30 million electronic fare system would change the way people buy and use tickets to ride TriMet, enabling riders to […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted several patents for HID Global’s gesture-based access control methods. HID’s gesture-based solutions uses 3D motion sequences to ensure privacy, security and convenience when using RFID-based devices like smart cards and NFC-enabled smart phones. The latest patent additions joins HID Global’s existing IP portfolio of more than 1,000 […]