H
YPERLIGHT SYSTEMS IS
working to enable fully
accessible transit for everyone,
everywhere. Th eir
innovative technology
eliminates the need for
complex urban challenges.
passengers with disabilities
In 2016, Hyperlight Systems
to tap, swipe or push
partnered with South Coast British buttons to use transit fare gates,
buses, elevators and intersections.
Th e company is dedicated to developing
Smart Cities and accessibility
technology solutions to solve
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IN 2016, Hyperlight Systems
partnered with South
Coast British Columbia
Transportation Authority,
TransLink, to design and
deploy the world’s first handsfree
fare gate solution across
Vancouver, BC.
Columbia Transportation Authority,
TransLink, to design and
deploy the world’s fi rst hands-free
fare gate solution across Vancouver,
BC. Th e collaboration was
born out of TransLink’s desire to
provide better access for customers
unable to tap their payment
cards at newly installed fare gates.
Following the success of this deployment,
Hyperlight Systems
has also expanded their platform
to equip elevators with the fully
automated, touchless access
technology.
The world’s first handsfree
fare gate technology
Hyperlight Systems worked closely
with TransLink to design and
prototype a solution that would
solve a major accessibility challenge
for the newly installed,
tap-enabled fare gates. Prior to
this system, Customers not able
to tap could not navigate through
the fare gates independently. Th ey
either had to phone ahead before
arriving at a SkyTrain station, and
request a SkyTrain Attendant to
come meet them or travel with a
companion to open the fare gate
for them.
TransLink has a proud tradition
of innovative public transport.
Th e SkyTrain, built for the
World’s Fair in 1986, was the fi rst
fully-automated rapid light rail
in North America and is currently
the world’s largest fully automated
Rapid Transit System. Th e
trains are driverless and have no
conductors on board. Th e stations
have a fl eet of attendants fl oating
at diff erent stations with none stationed
full time. TransLink strives
to provide all customers the same
travel experience. In collaboration
with Hyperlight Systems, the team
Vancouver-based Hyperlight Systems
off ers a Smart-city platform for
removing barriers and enabling universal
accessibility for public transit.
By Tamira Nasanbat
NICK PROCAYLO / PNG
Public Private Partnership
Between TransLink and Hyperlight
Systems Results in the
World’s First
Hands-Free Fare
Gate Solution
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