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SUMMARY Electronic fare payment systems have had a transformative impact on transit services in the United States. The advent of electronic fare systems in the 1990s enabled better data collection, integrated fare solutions, customer conveniences, and other advantages over the transit token or ticket that they replaced.
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2 two decades, fewer than 40 transit smart card systems have been deployed in the United States, and fewer than 25 regional systems have been rolled out in this country since the initial deployment of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
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3 Based on survey responses, regional agencies appear to address a wide range of fare policies factors, including: • Structures (flat, zone/distance) ; • Rider classes (e.g., regular, discount)
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4 systems rely on the smart card to store information on value and transactions. In a card-based system, the card and card validator accepts or denies entry to a system; updating the fare policies and media technology requires updating every validator in the system.
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