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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 06, 12:58:55pm In reply to: 's message, "8/6/02 MTEstudy expected to conclude Dec.02 (Canada)" on Wednesday, December 25, 07:37:53pm http://www.its-sti.gc.ca/en/deployment/Ontario/GOTSC.htm Multi-Agency Use of the GO Transit Smart Card Location: Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Scope: Regional Organization: Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GO Transit) Project Status: Ongoing Transport Canada Funding: $243,425 Total Project Cost: $551,800 Contact Name: Eve Wyatt Phone Number: 416 869-3600 ext: 5425 E-Mail: evew@gotransit.com Website: www.gotransit.com GO Transit is in the process of replacing its current paper ticket-based fare collection system with a smartcard-based electronic fare collection system. The new fare collection system will be implemented in both rail and bus operations over the next 2-½ years in a project whose value is approximately $10 million. Phase 1 is a small demonstration in the Richmond Hill corridor comprising both rail service and feeder buses services. Revenue service on this demonstration commenced in June of 2002. Phase 2 will involve rollout of this system to the remainder of the GO Transit rail and bus operations, in 2004. A unique opportunity exists to build onto this system in a way which will allow some or all of the other 16 (now 10, some of them were combined in one regional system) public transit operators in the region to provide a seamless intermodal fare collection system in the GTA. The vision of a seamless transit fare system in the GTA has been discussed and studied over the last 20 years, but what has been missing until now is the system by which this vision could be implemented. This project is intended to establish the framework for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) implementation of a regional transit fare collection system based on the new GO Transit electronic fare collection initiative. It will provide a defined system architecture, standards, policies, a common technology platform and an implementation strategy for all public transit operators in the GTA. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |