But joining the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare collection system meant that Westchester lost some control over fares.
These southern Westchester routes have become increasingly popular since April, when Westchester became part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's regional fare collection system.
Optimisation variables are bus fare, congestion toll, bus frequency, bus size, fare collection system, bus boarding policy and the number of seats inside buses.
Furthermore, the equipment maintenance department is divided into smaller professional divisions (e.g., the rail track, rolling stock, power supply, communication, auto fare collection system (AFC), and electronic departments).
Based on time-dependent, origin-to-destination trip records from an automatic fare collection system, a nonlinear optimization model is developed to solve the problem on practically sized corridors, subject to the available train-unit fleet.
Its flagship product, JustRide, which it sells to transit agencies, is a cloud-based, end-to-end mobile ticketing and fare collection system that includes mobile apps for ticket purchase, use, and ticket agent validation.
One new feature of the company's ChargePoint network allows Coulomb's charging stations to accept payments via MIFARE transportation cards, a fare collection system used widely by electric vehicle drivers, station owners, municipalities and utilities in Europe.
The contract for Metro's fare collection system was awarded in 1975 to Cubic Transportation Systems.
Subsequent upgrades in the fare collection system eventually transitioned the Yellow Line from a token-based system to a ticket-based system, with full conversion to a ticket-based system achieved on September 9 , 2001
