INTEGRATED MOBILITY
16 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | FEBRUARY 2018
S P EC I A L R E P O R T
Fare Collection
OBILITY AS A SERVICE (MAAS) HAS
been a prevailing signifi cant movement as
well as smart cities connecting communities
with the integration of IoT technologies to
bring benefi ts to residents and visitors. Leveraging
the latest technology to help people navigate
communities while off ering all options
on demand is where we’re headed, but looking
at where we’re at, we have a long way to get there.
We looked at data from several surveys as well
as some of the latest projects in North America and
abroad to get a state of the industry, as well as what
to expect in the near-future and beyond.
Fare collection provider Masabi surveyed our
readers the past two years and Head of Marketing
James Gooch said they haven’t seen any surprises
from one year to the next.
Responses show expected growth in mobile payment
and smart cards. Speaking in broad terms,
Gooch said in Europe there’s been growth in smart
cards and adoption of EMV contactless credit cards
and in the United Kingdom, more account-based
ticking based on contactless cards taking place than
in the North American market. In Asia, there’s more
of an interest in barcode-based payments.
ACI Universal Payments surveyed transit riders in
the nine largest metropolitan transportation systems
in the United States for its 2016 ACI Worldwide Mass
Transit Payments Survey to assess rider attitudes.
While mobile payment is a quickly increasing trend;
cash for payment still accounted for about 50 percent
of sales.
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WHAT FARE PAYMENT ARE YOU USING? WHAT DO YOU PROJECT?
Token
Mobile EMV/Apple Pay/
Android Pay
Contactless EMV,
contactless bank cards
Self-print barcode
Thermal paper barcode
Disposable single-use smart card
Smart card
Mobile NFC
Mobile barcode
Plastic mag stripe
Paper mag stripe
2021
Projection
2016
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Masabi
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