BART Rail System Lets Riders Pay by Mobile Phone
January 31st, 2008 MobileFreak
As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the BART rail system began letting riders pay with their mobile phones.
Here’s a quote from the article:
The $200,000 pilot project, which will be tested by about 230 riders for the next four months, utilizes a wireless chip that lets people pay by passing their phone over a wireless reader. BART has been using the contact-free technology in its EZ Rider pilot program, which allows riders to pay at the turnstiles by waving a plastic card that has a wireless chip.
It’s great to finally see this in the States. If anyone is one of the 230 participating in the pilot, or you know someone who is, drop us a comment to let us know what you think!
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This is specifically in the San Francisco Bay area, though there are other municipalities studying this. Should be interesting to see if it becomes a model.
This is a great post. Thank you.
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