PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (DART)
Need Area Description
––Instance of PT04–– This service package manages transit fare collection on–board transit vehicles and at transit stops using electronic means. It allows transit users to use a traveler card or other electronic payment device such as a smart phone. Readers located either in the infrastructure or on–board the transit vehicles enable electronic fare payment. Data is processed, stored, and displayed on the transit vehicle and communicated as needed to the Transit Management Center. This service supports ad–hoc payments to the transport provider (typically through the 'payment' and 'fare' flows), payments using a transport provider's account system using account–based tokens or integrated multi–provider account systems (typically through the 'account', 'secureID' and 'authorization' flows).
Need Area Type: Unspecified
Service Package
PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (DART)Includes Needs
| Number | Need |
|---|---|
| 01 | Transit Operations needs to be able to collect transit fares on–board transit vehicles using electronic payment methods in order to improve transit operation. |
| 03 | Transit Operations needs to be able to download transit fare collection information from transit vehicles or transit fare gates at stations in order to manage the fare collection operations. |
| 04 | Travelers need to be able to add value to payment instruments in order to use them as part of fare collection systems. |
| 06 | Transit operations needs to be able to share fare information with traveler information systems and other transit operations. |