Seven metro Atlanta residents are facing charges of theft, fraud, and racketeering charges for allegedly selling counterfeit MARTA Breeze cards, according to Creative Loafing Atlanta. MARTA Police identified seven suspects, so far, tied to the alleged Breeze card scheme – ranging from ages 22 to 46 . MARTA did not specify the amounts that were added to the […]

Washington Metro has announced that it will begin testing a new electronic payment program after awarding Accenture the contract to replace the existing fare collection systems for Metrorail, Metro-operated parking facilities, Metrobus and MetroAccess services. The $184 million contract will include a system for Metro customers that enables them to continue to use SmarTrip cards, while […]

The NFL Super Bowl 2014 is scheduled to be held Feb. 2 at the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. To commemorate the 48th edition of the Super Bowl in American football, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced the launch of a limited edition Super Bowl PATH SmartLink card. Only 70,000 of […]

Winnipeg Transit has plans to introduce its long awaited electronic fare system, with the initial phase set to begin rolling out by the end of winter, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Transit director David Wardrop said the new smart transit card passes will be introduced first for seniors in most likely by the end of […]

The Chicago Transit Authority transit system says the new Ventra fare cards are working better on buses following a recent software upgrade. CTA issued a performance report on Ventra, the transit’s new payment system that has had a rocky rollout. The new fare cards will replace the nearly 20-year-old payment system on the CTA and Pace, a […]

Transport for London (TfL) has celebrated its first successful year of accepting contactless payments cards on all of the Capital’s 8,500 buses. Since it was launched in December 2012, more than 6.5 million journeys have now been made using an American Express, MasterCard or Visa Europe contactless payment card. Usage continues to rise, as an […]

Cubic Transportation Systems has received certification from the Association of German Transport Companies, under new standards for an Internet-based sales office system, for the issue and administration of contactless smart card-based e-tickets. Cubic’s sales office solution for the issue and administration of smart cards is part of the system called “vHGS,” developed for the German […]

EZ-Link, the company behind the contactless stored value ticket for use on MRT, LRT and buses in Singapore, announced “My EZ-Link Mobile”, the company’s first mobile application allowing top up services to a physical stored value card using NFC technology. The new service is an extension of the current EZ-Online service to a mobile platform […]

TransLink has pushed back the schedule for the roll out Compass, the transport’s electronic fare card that would eventually replace all current passes and tickets, including West Coast Express products, according to missioncityrecord.com. Mike Madill, the TransLink vice-president in charge of the $194-million project, said the decision to delay stems from what he called “areas […]

A scam targeting New York MTA train commuters who used debit or credit cards at ticket vending machines has prompted the New Jersey Transit Corporation to examine its own machines for foreign devices, according to NJ.com. So far, four people, including a husband and wife, have been arrested in connection with the technological scam that […]