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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms ." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Multiagency Electronic Fare Payment Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/24733.
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71 ABFS Account-based fare system App Short for application. Implies an application on a mobile device for example a smart phone EFPS Electronic Fare Payment System CTA Chicago Transit Authority DBOM Design-build-operate-maintain; alternative acronyms based on elements include DB (design-build), BOM (build-operate-maintain) DART Dallas Area Rapid Transit ETL Extract, transform, and load ISO International Standards Organization LA TAP Los Angeles Transit Access Pass MassDOT Massachusetts Department of Transportation MDT Miami–Dade Transit Metro Transit Metropolitan Transit MTA (MD) Maryland Transit Administration MTA (NY) Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission NFC Near field communications NJ Transit New Jersey Transit NYCT New York City Transit OD Origin-destination OPS Open payment system ORCA Puget Sound regional fare card—“One Regional Card for All” PaaS Payment as a Service PATH Port Authority Trans Hudson PCI Payment Card Industry (data security standard) PII Personally Identifiable Information PSTA Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority PPP Public–private partnership QR code Formerly known as the Quick Response code SCA Smart Card Alliance UTA Utah Transit Authority WMATA Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ACRONYMS

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 125: Multiagency Electronic Fare Payment Systems describes the current practice, challenges, and benefits of utilizing electronic fare payment systems (EFPS), such as smart cards. This synthesis reviews current systems and identifies their major challenges and benefits; describes the use of electronic fare systems in multimodal, multiagency environments; and reviews next-generation approaches through existing implementation case examples.

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