A system 10 years in the making: The Societe de transport de Montreal (STM), Montreal, QC, Canada, turns to the OPUS smartcard

摘要

In 2008 the Societe de transport de Montreal (STM), Montreal, QC, Canada turned to the OPUS smartcard where before riders made cash and magnetic stripe payments for bus fares. Guylaine St-Louis, STM manager, Strategy, Development and Partnerships for E-ticketing, says the need for the OPUS card came from several well defined objectives including the need for additional fare flexibility. Today, STM and 17 other agencies are using the same consolidated OPUS system, in which electronic fares make up almost 90 percent of STM's total sales.