Regional transit prepares to pilot fare card system five years after funding approved<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fully electronic ticketing system should be operational by the end of 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2017, Edmonton opted to sign a contract with Vix Technology to install the account-based electronic ticketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s a very large and complex change, for our customers for our internal processes,” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ETS plans to test the new fare card system as a pilot for post-secondary and high school students in September 2020, before it becomes fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It costs Edmonton Taxpayers at least $27 million for the smart card system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CBC.ca<\/a> Feb. 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edmonton is going ahead with smart transit cards despite concerns they may not reduce the number of people who scam the system by using the LRT without payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The city has set aside $7 million to help pay for the scanners needed. The city will apply for grant money from the province to help pay the remaining $20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Globalnews.ca<\/a> Sept. 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n The city spent five years working with automation solution firm Schneider Electric testing the CONNECT system, but technical issues caused the city to finally cancel the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c[Calgary Transit] is seeking a Mobile Ticketing Solution (MTS) that will allow customers the option of self-service for the provisioning of transit fare products through a mobile application,\u201d a statement on the website read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CUTA <\/a>Sept 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) defines Integrated Urban Mobility as The ability for people to move easily from place to place according to their own needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n By itself, this definition is quite general and open to discussion and interpretation. That is why CUTA supports the definition with the following statement: For CUTA, Integrated Urban Mobility is a people-focused goal that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mobile Payment is the foundation for Urban Mobility. It seems that in the race of the two sister cities of Alberta, Calgary is running fast and in the right direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The author has over 19 years of experience in the automated fare collection industry. The latest development of mobile wallets is worth looking into. To learn more, please visit mobileafc.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Smart fare machines finally installed on select Edmonton buses CBC.ca June. 2019 Regional transit prepares to pilot fare card system five years after funding approved A fully electronic ticketing system should be operational by the end of 2020 In 2017, Edmonton opted to sign a contract with Vix Technology to install the account-based electronic ticketing. … Continue reading “Smart fare machines finally installed on select Edmonton buses, but Calgary’s mobile system is on the fly.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[80,10,78,73,82,81,9,85,75,83,84],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ETS-edmonton.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobileafc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Calgary Transit looking for a mobile ticketing system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nUrban Mobility is a Mission of Canadian Urban Transit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n