ERG wins Utah contactless fare payment bid
The ERG Group has signed a contract with Utah Transit Authority to further develop and implement a contactless fare payment solution, which will include acceptance of contactless credit cards. The contract for the full system to be implemented comes after the successful pilot project completed by ERG and UTA.
In the pilot, buses serving Salt Lake City area ski resorts were equipped with the new system, which, in addition to the payment choice of contactless credit cards, enabled customers to use smart cards for both transit payment and ski resort access.
ERG’s solution will allow a variety of cards to be used for fare payment including UTA issued employer provided transit smart cards, local university passes, ski resort passes and contactless credit cards.
Development and deployment of the system will be a collaborative effort between ERG and UTA, with integration of UTA’s existing on-board equipment and ERG’s software and hardware. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/contactlessnews-4.gif)
