Smart Cards for Transit: Multi-Use Remotely Interrogated Stored-Data Cards forFare and Toll Payment

摘要

The purpose of this project is to provide the Federal Transit Administration(FTA) with relevant information on existing, and future, stored readable/writable data card technology for fare and toll payment. This project coincides with the FTA's objective of developing a plan for a common standard card-based fare payment system that can be used for various public transit modes. Information was developed through analyses of existing automated card technology, examination of current and planned applications in relevant transit modes, and numerous in-person interviews with public transit personnel. The key finding was that fare and toll applications have decidedly different requirements. Moreover, the goal of integrating these two applications (person-based and vehicle-based) onto a single card is complicated by a variety of differences, the most significant being the required read range.