Luzerne County Transportation Authority implements new fare collection system with Modeshift - Mass Transit Magazine

Modeshift has launched a mobile fare and information postulation strategy with Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA), servicing Wilkes-Barre, Penn., and its surrounding areas of Luzerne County.

Modeshift has worked intimately with the LCTA to plan, plan and instrumentality the mobile ticketing system, which volition importantly summation easiness of usage for riders, streamlining the process to petition and wage for a summons with conscionable a fewer clicks connected a mobile device. The information fare postulation solution volition besides supply the LCTA with invaluable insights to assistance optimize transit routes, portion improving accessibility for riders.

“We’re excited to instrumentality this caller mobile fare exertion with Modeshift to simplify the ticketing process for our riders passim Luzerne Country who trust connected america each day,” said Robert Fume, enforcement manager for the LCTA. “This caller mobile ticketing exertion eliminates the request of having the nonstop currency magnitude and offers our riders an accidental to acquisition a summons straight from a mobile instrumentality oregon astute card, linked to their debit oregon recognition card, without worrying astir the nonstop magnitude of currency connected hand.”

“Our mobile ticketing level and information fare postulation strategy volition dramatically amended easiness of usage for riders successful Luzerne County and simplify back-end operations for LCTA,” said Miroslav Katsarov, CEO of Modeshift. “At Modeshift, we are committed to providing transit agencies with intelligent, user-friendly proscription solutions that amended ratio and summation ridership.”

Features of the Modeshift mobile app and online strategy volition include:

• Mobile Ticketing: Riders tin easy program their travel and acquisition fares done a mobile application.
• Smart Cards: Riders without a mobile instrumentality tin petition peculiar astute cards from the bureau and past link their cards oregon currency to their account.
• Web Portal: Travelers tin besides entree galore of the supra benefits online, streamline travel readying and fare purchases.
• Data Collection: Enables LCTA to optimize its strategy based connected real-time insights, marque data-driven decisions and prevention invaluable resources.