Smart card electronic payment systems can increase ridership, decrease fare evasion, and reduce administrative costs.
Date Posted
09/21/2000
Identifier
2007-B00449
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APTS Benefits

Summary Information

This report identified major benefits derived from applications of Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS).

FINDINGS

In Ventura County, California a SmartCard electronic payment system saved approximately $9.5 million per year in reduced fare evasion, $5 million in reduced data collection costs, and $990,000 by eliminating transfer slips.

APTS Benefits

APTS Benefits
Source Publication Date
11/02/1995
Publisher
Federal Transit Administration, U.S. DOT
Goal Areas
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