INTRODUCING THE FUTURE OF SEPTA FARE COLLECTION
Transcript of INTRODUCING THE FUTURE OF SEPTA FARE COLLECTION
INTRODUCING THE FUTURE
OF SEPTA FARE COLLECTION
INTRODUCING THE FUTURE
OF SEPTA FARE COLLECTION
Smart Card Alliance – Transportation Council
Philadelphia, September 2012
An electronic fare payment system that is:
Secure, reliable, and convenient
Easy to understand and purchase
Offers seamless travel across all SEPTA
services
Simple, straight-forward fare policies
Creating a Vision –
What Riders Want
• Any compliant form factor
• Whatever is in your pocket:
• Contactless credit and debit cards
• Building access ID cards
• School ID cards
• Government-issued benefit cards
• Cash
• SEPTA card
• Cell phones
NPT Accepts All Payment Forms
Fare Policy Considerations
• Research Customers Needs and Preferences
• Fare Policy Advisory Group for Guidance
• New Benefits for Calendar Period Passes
• Electronic tokens
• New transfer and zone policies
• RR Fare Collection
• Virtual ticketing
• Public input process
What will change?
New Ways to Purchase Fares:
•Vending machines
•Virtual purchases via phone, internet
•Auto-pay
•Extensive 3rd party purchase and reload network
•Contactless credit cards, mobile payment
Universal Fare Media:
•Same cards / payment forms on both RR and transit
•No more RR-only tickets
•No more transit-only tokens
•Freedom of choice of customers
•Electronic cards for disabled and seniors
Contract Award
•ACS Transport Solutions (Xerox)
•Design, build, install, maintain
•Robust back-end system, real-time
communications network, customer
support
•Unconstrained by proprietary technology
•License to leverage to neighboring
agencies and throughout Pennsylvania
•Notice To Proceed February, 2012
•Midway through design phase
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Sam Sulaiman
Equipment
Jerry Kane
Fares and Processing
John McGee
Chief Officer
Kevin O'Brien
Sr. Program Manager
Joe Reville
Systems
Communications
Jack Gill
Railroad
Installation
Tom Carl
Sub-El
Installation
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Jack Tepper
Contract
Administration
Al Outlaw
Legacy systems
Market East Station
New Fare Line at Concourse Level9
Suburban Station – West Concourse
30th Street Station
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Suburban Station
Gateway Stations