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Ventura County's transit card is a true contactless pioneer

Friday, March 3, 2006 in Library


Being small can have its advantages. Ventura County California’s smart card-equipped transit system serves just 15,000 riders daily. And even with six independent operators for its bus lines, the county can still reconcile how much each operator is to receive in transit fares each day. It can also deliver, in real time, a very accurate bus schedule via displays at each bus stop or on the Internet so riders know where their bus is at any point in time.

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