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Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs
Prepared by: Christopher Riley, Senior Public Affairs Specialist
For more information: David Eatman, Transit Administrator, 919-996-4040
August 5, 2014
City Receives Grant to Allow Smartcard Payment
on Capital Area Transit Buses
The City of Raleigh has received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the installation of smartcard technology on GFI Odyssey fare boxes on seventy Capital Area Transit (CAT) buses.
The Raleigh Transit Authority has adopted a priority of offering smartcard technology on CAT buses. The grant will allow a contactless, smartcard payment option to be installed on the fare boxes of the CAT bus fleet. Bus purchases will have fare boxes that will accommodate contactless smartcard and mobile ticketing applications. The total funding for the project is $378,440 90, which is 90 percent NCDOT grant funds and 10 percent City of Raleigh funds.
CAT is acting as the regional leader on this new technology project. The grant contains hardware and card stock use by CAT and Triangle Transit. It is anticipated that with a successful implementation, other regional partners will adopt this technology.
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