Cubic Helps BART Launch San Francisco International Airport Service.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2003 When the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay Rapid Transit rapid transit, transportation system designed to allow passenger travel within or throughout an urban area, usually employing surface, elevated, or underground railway systems or some combination of these. (BART) District officially launches service today into San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . , it will be introducing to commuters a state-of-the-art fare collection system designed and delivered by Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CUB). The Cubic system will give BART the flexibility in the future to transition to smart card-based ticketing that will be employed by neighboring transit agencies throughout the region. "The Cubic system introduces a new era of convenience, reliability and ease of use in support of our immediate objectives to deliver a BART-to-SFO extension while enabling our future goals for regional interoperability," said BART General Manager Thomas Margro. Cubic's advanced fare collection system will support the magnetic tickets currently in use and features an "open system" architecture based on the patented Cubic Tri-Reader(R), which will process any type of smart card that meets international industry standards. The new system will allow commuters to pay for transit fares Transit fares are fees charged for travel on publicly chartered or operated transportation systems, including rapid transit trains, trolleys and buses (as these are known in northeastern parts of the United States). as well as parking fees using their magnetic tickets or cash. The Cubic system-which consists of operating software, communications, fare gates, and vending and add fare machines-has been installed across the 8.7 mile extension of four new stations: South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , San Bruno San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. , Millbrae and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Airport. The system
also has been installed at the existing Daly City Daly City, city (1990 pop. 92,311), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco; inc. 1911. Daly City is primarily residential, its population having grown significantly since the 1970s. and Colma stations.
This latest delivery is part of $53 million in orders that have been awarded since 1999 when BART replaced legacy equipment with the more modern and reliable Cubic fare collection system. The system rollout began last October with the Concord and Fruitvale stations followed by the airport extension. The entire modernization program is scheduled for completion later this year. "We are committed to BART's success in delivering dependable, convenient and easy-to-use service to its customers," said Richard Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Cubic Transportation Systems Inc. "Using our experience and expertise gained from implementing smart card-based fare collection systems around the world, including Cubic's recently awarded contracts in Los Angeles and San Diego, Cubic will continue to partner with BART to transition to a regional smart card system and possibly a statewide smart card system in the future." Cubic Transportation Systems is the world's leading system provider for regional multi-operator intermodal ticketing systems. Every year, nearly 10 billion rides are taken worldwide using Cubic fare collection systems in more than 40 major markets in cities on five continents, including London, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Sydney, Scandinavia, Rotterdam, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Singapore. The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Defense Applications, provides instrumented air and ground combat training systems, battle command training, simulations and simulation support for U.S. and allied military forces. The group also produces high technology avionics, data links and communications products for government and commercial customers, and a wide range of technical and logistics services. For more information about Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com. |
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