DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF AN AUTOMATIC CREDIT CARD FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM

The concept of an automatic fare collection system that accepts bank credit cards for payment of fares is examined. The fare collection system is composed of two major sub-systems. The on-vehicle system includes all fare-related activities conducted inside the vehicle. The off-vehicle system is all fare-related activities that are separated from user transactions in the vehicle, by time and space. There are four areas of interest in the design of the off-vehicle system. The fare structure of the transit system is one determining factor in the system design. The needs of management for data, in addition to that required for computation of user fares, is also an important consideration. The data processing system uses data inputs from the on-vehicle system to generate management reports. Lastly, billing involves the generation of billing information on magnetic computer tapes which are then delivered to the respective banks for customer billing. Various possible configurations of on-vehicle hardware are studied.

• Corporate Authors:

  Stanford University

  Department of Industrial Engineering
  Stanford, CA  United States  94305

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Buckley, R F
  • Carlson, Rodrigo Castelan
  • Jucker, J V
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Fares; Passenger terminals; Rail transit facilities; Railroad stations; Revenues; Ticketing
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger stations; Ticketing systems
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080213
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: RR-16, UMTA-CA-11-0008
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 29 2003 12:00AM