INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC TRANSIT

While many issues have been addressed regarding the technical feasibility and design of advanced electronic payment systems in public transit, several institutional issues remain unsolved concerning implementation. This paper focuses on institutional and organizational issues regarding the use of magnetic stripe and smart card technologies. The information presented is based on case studies in Chicago, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The paper concludes that technologies such as smart cards can produce significant benefits and facilitate fare integration, but only if difficult organizational and institutional issues are resolved. Electronic payment technologies are quickly moving into many aspects of the world's economy, and are emerging as an enabler of fare integration among all modes of transportation. New partnerships are emerging with financial institutions, retailers, telecommunications, and social service providers, with potential benefits to all parties. Explicit partnership agreements are needed to define these relationships. Finally, the design of an effective and acceptable revenue reconciliation process requires a mutual understanding of the interests and expectations of all participating parties--public and private.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Five volumes of papers and one volume of abstracts comprise the published set of conference materials.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Dinning, M G
  • Collura, J
• Conference:
  • Steps Forward. Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress
  • Location: Yokohama, Japan
  • Date: 1995-11-9 to 1995-11-11
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1465

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic equipment; Implementation; Intelligent transportation systems; Public private partnerships; Public transit; Transportation modes
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic systems; Integrated fares
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723420
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1996 12:00AM