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.