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AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION IN SURFACE TRANSPORT

THE PAPER ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE HOW FAR AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION HAS SPREAD UP TO NOW, AND OBTAIN NUMERICAL DATA ON IT FOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS INTENDING TO INTRODUCE IT. AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION IS SEEN AS THE GREATEST SOURCE OF ECONOMICS AVAILABLE TO URBAN TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS. REPLIES (TO A QUESTIONNAIRE) RECEIVED FROM 84 URBAN SURFACE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS ARE ANALYZED AND TABULATED. THE ONE-MAN SERVICE AND SEMIAUTOMATIC COLLECTION ARE THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED IN FRANCE, BENELUX, AND SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, AND IN THE UNITED STATES. GERMANY, WHICH USES THE SEMIAUTOMATIC SYSTEM, IS NOW WELL ON THE WAY TO COMPLETE AUTOMATION. SIX TYPES OF AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS ARE DESCRIBED AND THEIR ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ARE DISCUSSED. THE QUESTION OF FRAUD PREVENTION IS REVIEWED, AND THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS IS TABULATED. THE PERCENTAGES OF LOSS OF RECEIPTS OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE COMPARED AND EXPLANATIONS ARE OFFERED. AUXILIARY SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH AUTOMATIC COLLECTION ARE OUTLINED. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE REPAIR SERVICE VARIES WITH THE NATURE OF THE EQUIPMENT. THE FREQUENCY OF REPAIRS PER MACHINE PER MONTH VARIES WITHIN VERY WIDE LIMITS (0.05 TO 46). THE RELOADING OF THE EQUIPMENT AND EMPTYING OF CONTENTS IS DISCUSSED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REDUCE THE LABOR INVOLVED IN THE MONEY HANDLING (SORTING, COUNTING AND STACKING) WHICH RESULTED FROM THE USE OF FARE COLLECTION EQUIPMENT. SOME SYSTEMS HAVE INTRODUCED COIN SORTING MACHINES. THE ECONOMIC ASPECT OF THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM ARE DETAILED. MULTI-JOURNEY TICKETS, AND THE MOTIVES BEHIND THE INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS ARE DISCUSSED. THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT FULLY AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION IS NOT THE MOST ECONOMIC SOLUTION FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN WHICH DRIVERS CAN BE INDUCED TO PERFORM SECONDARY FARE COLLECTION FUNCTIONS. THE SYSTEM WHICH INVOLVES THE INSTALLATION OF ISSUING AND CANCELLING MACHINES AT THE STOPS, IS CONSIDERED THE MOST DESIRABLE. THE ANXILLIARY PROBLEMS OF AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTION ARE SOLVED, AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO OFFER ANY OBSTACLES.

  • Corporate Authors:

    International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

    40th International Congress, Hague
    ,   Belgium 
  • Authors:
    • Werz, H
  • Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 34 p.
  • Serial:
    • Issue Number: 7

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00226713
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM