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TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SA-37 [Final (Synthesis)]

Multi-agency Electronic Fare Payment Systems
[ TCRP J-07 (Synthesis of Information Related to Transit Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 9/30/2015 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Mariela Garcia-Colberg
Research Agency: Go Systems and Solutions, LLC
Principal Investigator: Polly Okunieff
Effective Date: 11/1/2015
Completion Date: 3/28/2017
Fiscal Year: 2015

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.

The report is published at www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/175863.aspx

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