Open-Loop Payment in Public Transport
Get to grips with the basics of open-loop payment in public transport and see how it differs from other ticketing approaches.
What’s in this Report?
From paper tickets, vending machines, and staffed counters, ticketing in public transport today increasingly means automatic fare collection (AFC) systems, closed-loop smart cards, and open-loop payments.
Instead of a ticket, open-loop payment uses a payment card or mobile device. Transport for London was first to offer open-loop in 2012. Since then, open-loop payment has been implemented all around the world.
Discover the basics of how to implement open-loop payment – and see how the technology will continue to change ticketing in public transport.
Produced by the Urban Mobility Open Payments Forum.
Contents:
- The evolution of ticketing and payments
- Difference between closed- and open-loop
- The future of open-loop payment
