Using Credit Cards to Pay Bus Fares in Phoenix

摘要

In 1991 the City of Phoenix Public Transit System, first in the nation to installmagnetic card readers on the electronic fareboxes in its buses, implemented a program known as Bus Card Plus, which billed employers for trips made by employees using employers-issued credit cards. The main objectives of Bus Card Plus are to attract riders to the bus system, and to provide employers a means to record accurately their employees' use of public transit for compliance with Maricopa County's travel reduction ordinance.