Pittsburg smart card transit system delayed
The smart card transit system that was supposed to be deployed by Pittsburg Port Authority and Allegheny County was been delayed until officials figure out how to pay for it, according to a Pittsburg Tribune Review article.
Allegheny County and the transit agency cannot agree on how to pay their $1.1 million share of a $33 million contract just approved to install the equipment next year.
The project would replace the existing fare system with a smart card collection system. Riders would buy fares with a reloadable card, similar to a debit card, that they could swipe across a reader as they board or exit buses and T cars. It could be running by 2010.
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