The ERG Group, a world leader in the development and supply of integrated fare management and software systems for the transit industry, has chosen Westermo’s switches to equip the 2500 buses operating in the Central Puget Sound Region of Washington State, around Seattle city. The new fare collection system set up by ERG will deal with $250 million in annual passenger revenues from approximately 130 million passenger journeys per year. Low operating voltage needs and high reliability where the main choice criteria for the switches.
The Central Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination (RFC) Project has featured smart card technology that support and link the fare collection systems of the major transit agencies operating in the Central Puget Sound region of Washington State (King County Metro, Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit and Washington State Ferries).
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King County is the largest one, gathering approximately 70% of the traffic flow. The transportations means involved are as various as buses, light rail, commuter rail and ferry. The RFC Project will consolidate hundreds of existing fare media in an effort to streamline the management of fare transactions and facilitate cross-jurisdictional and multi-modal trip making in the Puget Sound region.
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