Holistic Mobile Phone Transit Experience

This paper explores a recently released mobile phone application which combines ticketing and fare collection services with travel tools to provide not only improved passenger convenience, but also cost savings and an opportunity for immediate new revenue streams for public transit authorities.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Transportation Association

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• Authors:
  • Thomas, Hugh
• Conference:
  • 2011 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Rail Conference
  • Location: Boston MA, United States
  • Date: 2011-6-12 to 2011-6-15
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: APTA Rail Conference 2011 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fare collection; Mobile telephones; Public transit; Revenues; Ticketing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost savings
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01357540
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 2011 1:43PM