RFTA and Eau Claire Transit will use Masabi's Justride platform, a cloud-based plug-and-play technology used by more than 150 transit agencies across nine countries. "With the RFTA Tickets app, we are hoping for faster boarding times and a contactless fare payment system," said Tatsuno, adding, "We are making our tickets and passes more accessible to our riders who may not be able to access a ticket vending machine or sales outlet to purchase the discounted fare media, being that we are in a rural area." 21, said Jamie Tatsuno, communications manager for the RFTA. will use the Masabi digital fare payments system as well, offering discounts and other perks. Meanwhile, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) - serving the Aspen, Colo., region and the largest rural public transportation provider in the U.S.
Transit tech companies are bringing digital fare payment and other technologies found in some of the largest public transit systems to smaller cities.Įau Claire Transit in Wisconsin, for example, is partnering with Masabi and TransLoc to offer not only an account-based digital fare payments as a service (FPaaS) to riders, but also technology that allows riders expanded trip planning and real-time bus tracking.
The city hopes to have the east-west line running by the fall of that year. The north-south route is still in development.Ĭonstruction is set to continue through 2024. Once completed, 60-foot articulated buses will run every 15 minutes in dedicated lanes with greater distances between stops, according to the city. It will also run down State Street, which has drawn concern from businesses in the pedestrian corridor. The rapid transit system, which coincides with a larger route redesign within the Metro Transit umbrella, aims to reduce travel times and better connect major employers and key parts of the city, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison College campuses, downtown, Hilldale Shopping Center and East Towne and West Towne malls. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson praised the bus rapid transit system as a critical new link that will connect residents to jobs and cultural centers. “We all deserve mobility choices to get us to where we need to go in a reasonable amount of time.” “Someone who relies on transit to get to work shouldn’t have to make an hour and 15 minute commute trip one way,” she added. The push for rapid transit has been decades in the making, Rhodes-Conway said during a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday afternoon, and one that she said will better position Madison to compete with other cities of its size while also helping meet the city’s climate goals. City and state leaders on Thursday broke ground on Madison’s first bus rapid transit line set to connect the east and west sides, one of Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s key initiatives since assuming office.
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