The Public Transportation Department in Fort Bend County, Texas is replacing its current paper ticketing system with new smart card technology. Similar in size and function to a debit or credit card, passengers will now use the transit’s SMART Card scheme to pay for rides by swiping it through a scanning device that is being placed […]

Chicago Transit Authority announced that select CTA and Pace customers will begin using the new Ventra fare payment system in August 2013, with a full public rollout following a few weeks later in September. Ventra will replace CTA and Pace’s existing, nearly 20-year-old fare payment system and offer transit customers to use a single fare […]

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo located in Southern Ontario, Canada is considering an $8.1 million renovation to an electronic smart card system for transit users, according to The Record. Starting in the fall 2016, the region will phase out current fare boxes and in favor of the new smart card system. It will replace tickets, […]

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority has latched subway entry gates at downtown Union Station, as part of plan to prevent fare evaders from breezing through the gates and using the transit system without paying, reports NBC Los Angeles. The new system will not only thwart commuters who illegally cut through for free rides, but […]

Cubic is working with transit authorities to bring the company’s payment app to Chicago and other jurisdictions. The Cubic Payment Application (CPA 3.0) works by consolidating credit and debit card processing and number storage into a single, secure environment, acting as the payment gateway for transit customer banks to authorize payment transactions. “CPA is a […]

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has given its seal of approval for the name of its much anticipated new smart ticketing system, due to be introduced in stages starting in 2014. The new scheme – dubbed Get Me There – will make journeys by public transport more flexible, whether by tram, by bus, by train […]

Gemalto has been selected by French transport group Keolis to provide and operate the Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) services for the NFC mobile ticketing roll out in the territory of Caen la mer. The Caen urban area transport organization Viacités decided to offer a new service to bus and tram passengers using the Twisto […]

The King County Metro transit authority in Washington is eliminating its paper ticket books to encourage more riders to participate in the region’s smart transit card program: ORCA (One Regional Card for All). According to tukwilareport.com, paper ticket books will longer be sold after June 30. Metro estimates this will save about $80,000 a year […]