Its inhabitants call it "America’s finest City": San Diego, the Southern California metropolis offers a high quality of life. Now public transport is taking a decisive step forward in San Diego as well: the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has now contracted with INIT for the delivery of an account-based, open architecture electronic fare system, including the option of operation and maintenance.
100
bus routes
6100
km² service area
86
million riders per year
300000
riders per day
Paul Jablonski
Chief Executive Officer
MTS
INIT will also provide more than 100 cash and about 70 cashless Ticket Vending Machines (TVM) VENDstation to facilitate the convenient purchase of tickets and fare media. Ticket office terminals and apps, which act as sales terminals on mobile devices and ensure smooth passenger transport even at major events, will be included in the project to allow MTS to sell fares during large events.
Additionally, INIT will deliver about 900 fare validators PROXmobil for use on MTS buses and at rail station platforms. The validators will accept closed-loop payments such as an MTS-branded smartcard and be capable of accepting open payments such as bank-issued debit/credit cards and mobile wallets using Google Pay, Apple Pay or Samsung Pay.
Head of Department Sales and Marketing
INIT GmbH
Germany
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