From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
   >On 16.04.16 21:18, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
      
   >>On the transit side, SEPTA will implement a trial of its new   
   >>fare system in June.   
      
   >>http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20160416_   
   EPTA_smart-fare_system_to_debut_June_13.html   
      
   >We've had Oyster cards here in London since 2003.   
      
   >They have allowed Contactless payment using any bank card since late   
   >2012 -- first on busses, then extended to the Underground in 2014.   
      
   >One other city in Norway has this, there is talk of doing this in   
   >Birmingham and Moscow is working on such a project.   
      
   >What happened with the New York City Subway's pilot programme to use   
   >contactless, or payment keys, in 2006. AIUI, there was a programme at   
   >42nd Street - Grand Central and one other station, the latter of which I   
   >forgot.   
      
   >I also remember that busses in Phoenix had a programme in the 90s that   
   >allowed people to pay with bank card. At that time, however, they had   
   >swipe their card on entry.   
      
   The Phoenix system was entirely home built, because what Cubic was   
   selling was overpriced. Passengers didn't have to register the credit   
   card as fare media. They simply swiped. During a monthly period, the   
   charges would accumulate. If they exceeded the cost of a monthly pass,   
   the charges were capped at the cost of the pass. Passengers were billed   
   in arrears.   
      
   The system didn't have the cost and expense of manufacturing and   
   distributing the fare media. All the passenger had to do was remember   
   to use the same credit card each time.   
      
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