Regional Rail On-Board Electronic Payment Project

摘要

The purpose of this project was to develop a non-proprietary, plug-and-play multi-modal transport payment application, (i.e. cash, credit card, passes, and contactless smartcard) portable solution. This project focused on the development of an open architecture and prototype design with a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) product for a handheld, contactless, smartcard-based unit for the mass transit and regional rail systems. The system was extended from Temple Universitys senior design project research efforts and SEPTAs in house backend database. The system has been demonstrated with effective applicability, usability and durability for todays transit systems.