Los Angeles fare collection upgrade mobile app and account-based<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LA Metro has been very creative and aggressive. After a couple of years in development, Los Angeles Metro’s new TAP wristbands are now available for transit riders, agency officials announced Monday. A limited number of them, dubbed TAP Flex, are being sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Furthermore, a $22m contract to upgrade its automatic fare collection system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TAP smart card, used across 25 regional transport agencies in the area, will be upgraded over the next 18 months. In addition to a mobile app, Cubic is to develop a cloud-based account. Branded TAPforce, this would enable no only smart card top-up, but also payment for other services being developed by Metro, such as bicycle sharing and parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the longer term, the aim is to introduce mobile ticketing for NFC-enabled devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LA Metro is heading the right way to offer more services for the vertical market rather than investing in account-based ticketing and giveaway the business to Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay,..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving to mobile ticketing will give ultimate convenience for the public as there aren’t people with no smartphones today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the latest mobile payment technology for public transit, please visit mobileafc.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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