Northern California’s TransLink transit card uses dual interface technology
Someday, in the not-too-distant future, a rider could use one smart card to travel across some 26 mass transit systems in northern California. The system, TransLink, billed as the first dual interface system (utilizing both contact and contactless interfaces to the same chip) in the U.S., is in the testing phases now. When fully implemented over the next couple of years, 700,000 riders will use a single TransLink smart card instead of paying fares with cash, passes, or tickets.
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