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| Description: | This equipment package provides the capability for the traveler to use a common fare medium for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges. It accepts a service request and means of payment, verifies eligibility, calculates the amount due, collects payment, and identifies payment problems. This equipment package may be implemented using a traveler card reader in a kiosk that includes a communications interface to the financial infrastructure to support payment collection and reconciliation. |
| Included In: |
Valley Metro Center Stations/Park and Rides |
| Functional Requirements |
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The public interface for travelers shall accept and process current transit passenger fare collection information. 2 - The public interface for travelers shall calculate a fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler, in conjunction with transit routing, transit fare category, and transit user history. 3 - The public interface for travelers shall provide an interface to a transit user traveler card in support of payment for transit fares, tolls, and/or parking lot charges. The stored credit value data from the card shall be collected and updated based on the fare or other charges, or the credit identity shall be collected. 4 - The public interface for travelers shall provide information to the center for financial authorization and transaction processing. 5 - The public interface for travelers shall provide an image of all travelers purchasing rides or services to be used for violation processing. 6 - The public interface for travelers shall determine the routing based on the traveler's destination and the location of the closest transit stop from which a route request is being made. 7 - The public interface for travelers shall create fare statistics data based upon data collected at a transit stop. 8 - The public interface for travelers shall present information to the traveler in a form suitable for travelers with physical disabilities. |