Regional Rail On-board Electronic Payment Project

Contactless fare payment systems are common place among most of the major transit operators in North America, as well as in Europe and Asia. Based on radio frequency, this form of smart card technology is well suited to large systems since they require high through-put, security, and lower equipment maintenance costs. Electronic payment adoption on commuter rail service, however, has lagged behind other transit modes for a variety of reasons, some of which include: open or non-barrier passenger boarding, manual fare collection by conductors, and the complexity of adopting new technology. Currently, there are no examples of commuter rail contactless fare payment systems in the United States. Within this context a study was undertaken to prove the concept of using non-proprietary technology to conduct contactless electronic fare payment on-board commuter rail services.

• Record URL:
  http://www.i95coalition.org/i95/Projects/ProjectDatabase/tabid/120/agentType/View/PropertyID/24/Default.aspx
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Intelligent Transportation Systems, I-95 Corridor Coalition

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  I-95 Corridor Coalition

  1390 Piccard Drive, Suite 200
  Rockville, MD  United States  20850
• Project Managers:

  Schoener, George

• Performing Organizations:

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Keystone Building
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120
• Principal Investigators:

  Kane, Gerald

• Start Date: 20070301
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20091130
• Source Data: RiP Project 35488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Railroad commuter service; Regional railroads; Regional transportation; Smart cards; Transit operating agencies; Vehicle electronics
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495000
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Oct 7 2013 1:00AM