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... 20 Chapter Overview This chapter identifies the typologies found in modern transit fare payment systems, and compares them with one another based upon the four attributes (transit system scope, design and technology, system architecture, and payment architecture) discussed in Chapter 3.
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... Transit Fare Payment System Typologies 21 The proprietary, card-based closed payment typology is the prevalent fare payment system in use today in large transit systems. Fully fielded systems are in operation in single and multiagency environments serving urban, regional, and rural transit markets.
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... 22 Preliminary Strategic Analysis of Next Generation Fare Payment Systems for Public Transportation development into an open payments system, and prevents the use of other fare or payment media. This is an uncommon typology, and was used in the Chicago Card Plus system.
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... Transit Fare Payment System Typologies 23 Single Agency, Standards-Based, Account-Based, Open Payments System Multiagency, Standards-Based, Account-Based, Open Payments System These transit fare payment systems (Figure 4-5) offer the greatest potential flexibility for transit agencies and riders.

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