U.S. Transit Agency with Strong Closed-Loop Program Wants More Riders to Use Open Loop

TriMet tram and bus

U.S. transit agency TriMet of Portland, Ore., introduced open-loop payments at the same time it launched its contactless closed-loop Hop Fastpass card, in July 2017. But it promoted Hop much more than open loop for years, and not surprisingly, the closed-loop card makes up the vast majority of electronic transactions for the agency. […]

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