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Posted by GOLD_12th on Mon Nov 2 16:27:41 2009, in response to Re: NJT's New fare collection system {UPDATE}, posted by JAzumah on Mon Nov 2 15:51:58 2009. Are there more than 10 transit systems worldwide using RFID (smartcard) technology? I do not believe that is the case. We have had electric cars since the early 1900s, but we have yet to produce a financially viable one. Technology and application viability are two different things. You can't just say RFID is all over the place so therefore it will work in a transit application for our region. The hardware is usually the easy part.Read here: Wikipedia The Bee-Line is receiving a subsidy specifically to accept MetroCard. I believe it is $7M per year. This is strictly to offset the transaction fees. PATH will probably replace its own card system with the MetroCard in the future. It is expensive to build and maintain infrastructure to handle a small volume of cards when it is simply easier to piggyback on the MTA's system. No MetroCard will be obsolete in the near future as soon as MTA rolls out the smartcard in 2012. Of course its expensive to maintain and we have to invest money to get it easier maintenance on the system. Why are you downplaying when the transit agencies having a great opportunity right now for the future to collaborate in one smartcard fare media that works like credit card that will be accepted in many transit properties? |
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