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Proof-of-payment (POP) fare collection uses random inspection of fare media and fines for nonpayment to provide an economic incentive for transit riders to pay the proper fare. At any time during a trip, an individual rider may be asked to show a fare inspector a ticket or pass as proof that the fare has been paid. A quick visual check of the printed information on the ticket or pass was usually sufficient for the fare inspector to verify its validity. Today’s new fare systems are using new and emerging electronic payment technologies to expand the means available for riders to pay their fares, without cash, while reducing the cost of collecting and processing the revenue. However, is POP becoming outmoded with the shift from paper to electronic media? The new payment media, smart cards, have no printed information for quick visual confirmation by inspectors; it is all encoded and electronically stored. The latest systems are neither encoding nor printing the information needed for inspectors to confirm valid payment; that information is being processed and stored at the central computer system. This paper explores the means by which POP has evolved to adapt to the new electronic environment. POP continues to be a viable and practical method of enforcing the payment of fares. There have been challenges: the need for handheld card readers to visually display encoded fare data, the inspection of fares on a vehicle when the fare is distance-based and is not determined until the destination. However, there are also benefits: more accurate tracking and reporting on inspection and evasion rates, less likelihood of evading payment by altering the fare media.

01514774

English

pp 110-122

2013-11

Transportation Research Circular

12th National Light Rail Conference

Digital/other

References; Tables

Fare collection; Law enforcement; Public transit; Smart cards

Fare evasion

Card readers; Proof of payment

North America

Data and Information Technology; Finance; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 12 2014 11:28AM

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