Get-smart, get a new smart student id now! :) (timothy lee and stephanie yiu)

Ever had an experience that you just ran out of change to buy tokens from the subway station? Or in worst case that you also didn’t have dollar bills in your wallet as well?

Ever thought every time accessing the printing machines, photocopy machines at OCAD are very time consuming in terms of the long process in every stage of the execution to in order to accessing the machines?

To save all the wasted resources and time, yet making OCAD community a more convenience and efficiency place, we are happy to present you the high end technology mini chip sensor combined with the OCAD student ID card. With this combination of high end technology and wisdom, by simply carrying the brand new smart student card, all the issues would be resolved easily.

-Accessing TTC services even if you ran out of money.

-Accessing photocopy and printing machines without having to add money value to student account before hand in order to do so.

- Rechargeable machines are now available at all the TTC stations and OCAD stationeries.

So what are you waiting for? The revolution has just begun.

Metro Access Around the World

Transportation - Metro Access - Stephanie M

The Octopus Card (Hong Kong)







- launched in September 1997
- It is rechargeable and contactless.
- Can be used as a form of payment in convenience stores, fast food restaurants, vending machines and parking meters
- Different cards for Children the Elderly and Students (Yellow one: standard Adult pass)

Adult: card is sold for HK$150 with an initial value of HK$100
Children/Elderly: This card is sold for HK$70 with an initial value of HK$20
Student: his card is sold for HK$100 with an initial value of HK$30 and a handling charge of HK$20. Students may also qualify for this card at $90 with their pictures and names.


Navigo Pass (Paris)














- Introduced in 2001
- Implemented as a smart card with the Calypso system
- Enables authenticated access at turnstiles by waving the card near an electronic reader
- The Navigo pass can be reloaded monthly or weekly.


Metro Card (NYC)














- Thin, plastic card on which the customer electronically loads fares. It was introduced to enhance the technology of the transit system and eliminate the burden of carrying and collecting tokens.
- Unlimited Ride Metro Card: Daily, Weekly and Monthly
- You get an automatic free transfer between subway
and bus, or between buses.


Oyster Card (Greater London)
















- It is promoted by Transport for London and is valid on a number of different travel systems including London Underground, buses, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground, trams and some National Rail services.

- a contactless smartcard which passengers must pass over electronic readers when entering and leaving the transport system in order to validate it or deduct funds. The cards may be "recharged" in person from numerous sales points, by direct debit or by online purchase


Tap Card (Los Angeles)









a reloadable fare card you can use month after month. TAP cards replace
Paper passes and will soon allow one to travel on different carriers using one card.

Costs the same as a monthly/weekly pass.

can be purchased at Metro Customer Centers or at Metro Pass retail vendor locations.

Access of subways over the world - Stephanie

Our group did the research on transit.
My part of the research was mostly about access and traffic.

Here are some examples of best practicing:

London Underground
Travelcard
- can be used on Tube, Docklands Light Railway(DLR), London Overground and some National Rail services









Oyster Card
- valid on a number of different travel syste,s including London Underground, DLR, Overground, etc
- stored-value: pay as you go
- aim for the card: charges the lowest fare; if it doesn't, refund the difference is possible









The Paris Métro /Métropolitai, Métro de Paris
Navigo pass
- a smart card with he Calypso system
- enable authenticated access at turnstiles by waving card near an electronic reader
can be reloaded monthly or weekly









Tokyo Metro
PASMO card
- a prepaid transportation card that contains an integrated-circuit(IC) chip
- allowing the user to enter the subway by simply swiping the card over a PASMO reader located on the ticket gates
- the card is recgargeable and can be used over and over
- can be also used interchangeably with the East Japan Railway Co.'s (JR) Suica card









Seoul Metropolitan Subway
Seoul City Pass and Seoul City Pass Plus (For Tourists Only)
- a card that allows tourists to use the buses and subways up to 20 times a day
- can be used for the Seoul City Tour Buses, which run past all the major palaces, tourist sights and shopping areas in the city
- (Seoul City Pass Plus Only)can pay for taxis, buy products from vending machines, access the internet and even buy products from some well known stores in Seoul




















Metro Pass
- is valid for 60 times within the 30 days from the day of recharge
- can only be used on subways (applies to all sections of wide area and metropolitan subways)











New York City Transit
MetroCard: Unlimited Ride MetroCard & Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard Unlimited Ride MetroCard:
- the more you ride, the less each ride costs
- all free transfers included
- no refills, you have to get a new card every time you buy one
- can only be used by one person at a time
- cannot be used again at the same station or same bus route for 18 minutes









Mass Transit Railway – MTR (Hong Kong) Octopus Card
- a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong
- also used for payment at convenience stores, supermarkets, fast-food restaurants, on-street parking meters, car parks, and other point-of-sale applications such as service stations and vending machines
- has been internationally recognized, winning the Chairman’s Award of the World information Technology and Services Alliance’s 2006 Global IT Excellence Award for being the world’s leading complex automatic fare collection and contactless smartcard payment system
- some school use octopus card to do attendance at the school entrance









All these examples have been introduced and used widely in the countries for at least 4-5 years.
By the time I was doing research on TTC, I saw they have a promise to introduce a contactless card for access in winter 2007. But I do not see it anywhere in the site now, I think they have taken it off because they broke the promise.