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Learn how agencies like yours are utilizing fare solutions to improve their riders’ experience.
Contactless bank cards and mobile wallets coupled with the availability of onboard cellular data technology for transit vehicles has made possible a new era in fare collection. Open payment promises to be one of the most significant changes in fare collection in more than 20 years.
Contactless payment is in more accepted in the U.S. and is becoming more common as a way to pay a transit fare. This paper addresses questions that transit agencies are likely to ask as they consider whether to accept open payment media.
One of the most effective ways a transit agency can achieve equitable mobility – fair access to transportation resources without regard to race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status – is with better service. A fare collection system is a prerequisite of better service by providing advanced capabilities enabling agencies to understand their community and tailor solutions to meet the needs of everyone.
While vertical integration isn’t new, it isn’t common in transit. Vertical integration isn’t just technology, rather it’s about delivering the fullest, most efficient solution for the present and the future challenges transit faces.
The pandemic changed everything, and transit wasn’t spared. Ridership plummeted, and agencies struggled to find ways to safely collect fares from the riders who did show up to board buses and trains. Unemployment and underemployment soared, with devastating financial effects, felt most strongly by low-income workers and minorities in the US.
Genfare is the one-source fare collection solution for modern public transit. The Genfare legacy stretches back to the 1800s as part of an unbroken chain of experienced industry leaders creating innovative new solutions for contemporary transit needs.
From fare boxes and card dispensers to mobile ticketing apps and robust back-end analytics, Genfare has everything your agency needs to address current issues while anticipating the pressures of growth and competition in the future.
Learn more about how Genfare’s technology-based systems can optimize operations, increase revenue, and improve rider experiences.
The COVID-19 pandemic created serious operational challenges for mobility. The precipitous decline in ridership and revenue, combined with pressing health and safety concerns requires practical, flexible, forward-looking solutions to carry riders and transit staff safely through this evolving crisis.
Genfare’s decades-long history of providing innovative fare collection solutions means that we’re uniquely poised to grapple with novel challenges.
Transit agencies all over the world share similar big-picture goals: moving people around as safely, reliably, efficiently and effectively as possible. No small task, we all agree. But when it comes to reports and reporting for fare collection, the goals seem much simpler – at first glance, anyway.
