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• TransLink -- San Francisco Bay Area (www.mtc.ca.gov/projects/translink/translnk.htm) • Chicago Card -- Chicago, IL (www.chicago-card.com)
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• Section 3.3 discusses current trends and new developments being considered or pursued within the smartcard programs, including – Payment for parking, bridges, and highway tolls; – Applications for financial institutions and retail; and – Expanded security and biometrics features. 3.1 Survey of Interoperable Agencies Surveys were conducted to gather current data on the following elements of each interoperable system: • Physical Elements -- Physical characteristics of the cards and communication protocols; • Data Elements -- "Essential" and "optional" data elements required for financial settlement between participating operators; and • Security Elements -- Security architectures and the security devices used.
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9 No4 No No No NoNoNoNo N/A If yes, which APDUs do you use and how many? N/ADNADNA DNA N/A DNA N/A DNA DNA DNA DNADNA PROFelicaPROPRO PRO N/ADNAPRO PROPRO DNA PROIf no, what do you use?
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Findings of Peer Review of Interoperable Sm artcard Program s 31 7 Data-Layer Features W a s h i n g t o n , D C , S m a r T r i p S a n F r a n c i s c o , T r a n s L i n k C h i c a g o , C h i c a g o C a r d S e a t t l e , R F C M i n n e a p o l i s , G o T o C a r d C e n t r a l F l o r i d a , O R A N G E S V e n t u r a C o u n t y , G o V e n t u r a L A C o u n t y , T A P S a n D i e g o , C o m p a s s L o n d o n , O y s t e r H o n g K o n g , O c t o p u s S i n g a p o r e , E Z L i n k 1. What types of cardholder data are exchanged?
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3For this system, all these data types could be exchanged; however, to date they have not been used 4Members of the field operation test are provided incentives to participate in the form of discounts 5A smartcard transponder can be used to pay for parking or bus fare 6Automatic passenger counting 7Access to recreational facilities; access to gated communities 8Non-fare counting data (e.g., wheel lift and bike rack use) Key = Yes N/A = Not Available UC = Under Consideration
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Upon full implementation, the SmarTrip program will include the following regional bus and rail participants: • WMATA Metrorail-heavy rail; • Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) -light rail; • Virginia Railway Express (VRE)
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-bus; • San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) -heavy rail; • Caltrain-commuter rail; • Golden Gate Transit (GGT)
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3.1.3 Chicago Card As part of an effort to make fare payment easier, more reliable, and flexible, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in August 2000 conducted a 6-month smartcard-based fare payment pilot program.
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3.1.3.3 Loyalty Program Both Chicago Card and Chicago Card Plus users receive a 10-percent bonus each time their accounts are reloaded with $10 or more. 3.1.4 Central Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination (RFC)
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• TVMs; • Customer service terminal (CST) ; • Fare transaction processor (FTP)
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3.1.6 Orlando Regional Alliance for Next Generation Electronic Payment System (ORANGES) ORANGES is the first project in the nation that involves toll payment, transit fare payment, and parking payment via a single smartcard, and processing all transactions through a single source.
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• Fare Categories -- Adult, student, and senior/disabled; and • Other Features -- Balance protection, auto replenishment/auto renewal, toll account number for account-based payment. 3.1.6.2 Transit Benefits Program None are available.
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3.1.8 Transit Access Pass (TAP) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
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. The Compass card will be used as fare payment by bus, light rail, and commuter rail customers on the following systems: • North County Transit District (NCTD)
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• Card issuance machines (CIMs) ; and • The central system (NextFare)
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Ltd. as the agent to manage the day-to-day use of EZ-Link cards on public transportation.
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The EZ-Link card is based on Sony's Felica card technology. Devices used in the systems include onboard validators, faregates, ticket offices, AVMs, and general ticketing machine (GTMs)
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• HCRs, • Ticket machines, • Ticket office machines, and • Back office and central system equipment. Oyster's plans include expanding beyond transit by adding an open e-purse to the card and moving outside London by integrating with other railways in the United Kingdom.
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However, applications such as SmarTrip, TransLink, and Chicago Card have integrated their employee benefits program with their card technology and therefore exchange of such data between operators is possible. The data exchange of these benefits is at the discretion of the transit properties.
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capability for future implementation. This integration is not fully automated and usually requires manual input by the employer or smartcard system operator.
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3.4 U.S. and Canadian Contactless Smartcard Trends 3.4.1 TransLink As the full rollout of TransLink progresses, the City of San Francisco has decided to expand the use of the TransLink card with the Department of Parking and Traffic (DPT)
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3.4.3 ORANGES In addition to fare payment for transit services, participants in Central Florida's ORANGES project may use their smartcard to pay for downtown parking at two garages and for expressway tolls. The smartcard has a stored-value purse and the capabilities to store toll account data and prepaid multi-day bus passes.
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50 Smartcard Interoperability Issues for the Transit Industry Location Washington, DC SmarTrip San Francisco Jennifer Cheng Program Manager Project Manager 510-817-3252 510-817-3251 Chicago Card Chung Chung Tam Representative 312-255-1818 ext. 5709 Seattle Margaret Walker Project Manager Supplier 206-684-1562 905-890-2794 ext.
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