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Metra Board of Directors September 19, 2014 Presented by Lynnette Ciavarella Senior Division Director, Strategic Capital Planning Regional Fare Payment System (FPS) Update Mobile Ticketing – Peer Review
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Mobile Ticketing – Large Peers Long Island Rail Road/Metro-North Railroad (LIRR/MNR): Jointly awarded contract to Masabi, April 2014 Scheduled system-wide roll-out by late spring 2015 New Jersey Transit (NJT): MyTIX mobile ticketing application implemented system-wide December 2013 All tickets valid on commuter rail; monthly and weekly passes also valid on NJT buses and light rail Over 140,000 registered users/13% use rate (commuter rail monthly tickets) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA): mTicket mobile ticketing application developed by Masabi Implemented system-wide late November 2012 Valid on commuter rail and boats only Approximately 85,000 registered users/27% use rate (commuter rail only) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA): No current plans for mobile ticketing application, but new fare payment system will allow use of mobile wallet application on NFC-equipped phones for system access (contactless bank card emulation at tap-on/tap-off readers, fare gates, etc.) 2
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Mobile Ticketing – Other Peers Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District/South Shore (NICTD): Mobile ticketing application developed by ByteMark Implemented system-wide June 2014 Approximately 5,000 registered users/3% use rate as of July 2014 Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)/Ft. Worth Transportation Authority (The T)/Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA): Joint effort of DART, The T, and DCTA GoPass mobile ticketing application developed by Unwire Implemented system-wide September 2013 Valid on buses, commuter rail, and light rail throughout Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Denton County, TX Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet): TriMet Tickets mobile ticketing application developed by GlobeSherpa Implemented system-wide September 2013 Valid on buses, commuter rail, light rail, and streetcars throughout Portland, OR Approximately 98,000 regular users/29% use rate as of August 2014 3
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Mobile Ticketing – Tools and Other Features LIRR/MNR: Future mobile ticketing application may link to existing Train Time application (train tracker w/ track information, service alerts and notices, station, schedules and fares information, elevator/escalator status, parking availability, and getaways packages) NJT (MyTIX): FAQs MBTA (mTicket): Commuter rail map, commuter rail schedule, service alerts, offers, FAQs NICTD: System map, system schedule, next scheduled train, FAQs DART (GoPass): Trip planner, next bus/train arrival time, special events and offers, tutorial, FAQs TriMet (TriMet Tickets): Trip planner, transit tracker, system maps and schedules, service alerts, help desk, FAQs 4
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