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Tap to Ride! Monterey-Salinas Transit Becomes 1st in California to Offer Riders the Ability to Tap to Pay with Visa
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:00PM IST (7:30AM GMT)
As part of a statewide initiative to improve and simplify the transit experience, riders who tap to pay will be guaranteed best fares for the trips they take
San Francisco, United States:
Today, in collaboration with Visa, Caltrans, Cybersource, Littlepay, and SC Soft, Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) became the first transit agency in California to offer bus riders a contactless payment option. As cities begin to reopen, public transportation will play a critical role in recovery, and contactless payments can help provide a safe and easy experience for riders and transit operators seeking limited physical touchpoints and interactions. MST riders can now simply tap their contactless credit, debit, prepaid card or payment-enabled device on rea
To offer contactless payment systemMonterey-Salinas Transit (MST) announced that it becomes the first transit agency in California to offer contactless ticketing option to its passengers. MST riders can now simply tap their contactless credit, debit, prepaid card or payment-enabled devices such as NFC enabled mobile
devices, Wearables etc., on readers in MST buses for an easy and secure travelling, without needing to purchase or load a separate transit card or handle cash while boarding. The tap to pay option on MST s entire bus fleet is the first contactless payment demonstration of the California Integrated Travel Project (Cal-ITP), a Caltrans-led initiative to make travel simpler and more cost-effective for the 40 million California residents.