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Three transit agencies serving the Tampa Bay region, a major metropolitan area in Florida, have introduced contactless open-loop payments, offering an alternative to the region’s closed-loop card and app, as well as cash and tickets and passes. The latest open-loop service is one of the few but growing number of such projects in the U.S.
The agencies have stated no plans to eliminate cash acceptance on board their buses and other transit vehicles. PSTA gets 29% of its fare revenue from cash. That’s in addition to the 33% of revenue coming from the Flamingo Fares program.
• PSTA (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
• HART (Tampa, Fla.)
• TheBus (Hernando County, Fla.)
Three transit agencies serving the Tampa Bay region, a major metropolitan area in Florida, have introduced contactless open-loop payments, offering an alternative to the region’s closed-loop card and app, as well as cash and tickets and passes.
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