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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On 20/01/2012 04:20, John Levine wrote:
Mhat are the MTA doing about smartcard ticketing on the Subway and buses? As far as I know, they're still scratching their heads. These days the options seem to be to issue their own smartcard, like PATH did with Smartlink, or else piggyback on contactless EMV credit cards (Visa Paywave, Mastercard Paypass, Amex Express Pay) as SEPTA is doing. Metrocards are already accepted by multiple different operating authorities (MTA in NYC, Beeline in Westchester, NICE in Nassau County, and PATH) so I hope that any new smartcard won't work any worse. in the area, maybe even for bridge and tunnel tolls. I doubt that a Smart Card would be used for bridge and tunnel tolls as most cars in the greater New York area are equipped with special transponders that toll gates read. They can also be used on other road agencies' territories -- even in Ontario, in Canada. Fare payment cards are intended to be read from a few inches away when they're nearly stationary. E-ZPass transponders can be read from many feet away when a vehicle is moving at 60 MPH. They're quite different applications. By the way, the only place outside the US that E-ZPass works is on the Peace bridge across the Niagara river, where the toll booths happen to be on the Canadian side. In Toronto, the 407 toll road uses the same technology as E-ZPass but for some reason does not interoperate with it. R's, John Why can't they just introduce one single smart card for the area, the way they have in London? And there is compatibility between different operating agencies as Oystercards are accepted not only on TfL modes of transport, but also on National Rail in Greater London. |
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