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fromSustainable Bus
1 week ago

New mobile app and contactless ticketing at the heart of MARTA's Better Breeze modernization - Sustainable Bus

MARTA is overhauling its Breeze fare system with contactless ticketing, smartcards, mobile app, validators, vending machines, faregates, and a new back-office platform by spring 2026.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Can tap-to-pay save public transportation?

I vividly remember the first time I used my phone to ride the New York City subway. I tapped my device against the translucent rectangle thing, the light turned green, and the turnstile made a familiar click inviting me to push through the metal arms. On the other side, the future beckoned. After a two-decade run as New York's preeminent pass to the subway, the MetroCard has officially joined the brass token in the annals of subway history.
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