Electronic Fare Collection on Commuter Railroads: Case Studies and Lessons Learned

Commuter railroads have generally not adopted automated fare collection (AFC) to the extent that other transit systems have, due to factors such as the lack of faregates at stations. This paper uses a case study approach to illustrate the challenges and opportunities for adopting AFC on commuter rail, including issues related to regional coordination, operational impacts, and customer interaction. In identifying "lessons learned" with AFC deployments, the report is intended as a resource for commuter railroads considering adoption of AFC and/or joining multimodal electronic payment systems. The findings may be of particular use for commuter rail systems that are still in the planning stages and thus have the opportunity to leapfrog older technologies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Peirce, Sean
  • Rainville, Lydia
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
• Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: TRB 89th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Case studies; Coordination; Lessons learned; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Railroad commuter service; Regional planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Leapfrog
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01154724
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 10-0808
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 14 2010 2:41PM