Cubic To Replace Fare Collection Equipment at Newest BART Stations.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 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. District (BART) has asked Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CUB), to replace fare collection equipment at the transit authority's five extension stations with Cubic's new advanced electronic ticketing system. The $5.5 million order is added "scope" to a $31 million contract awarded to Cubic in 1999 to put new ticket vending machines and faregates in all but the newer BART stations, which went into operation in the mid-1990s. With the latest order and other options exercised since the initial contract, the total BART order for Cubic products and services now totals $53 million. The new agreement represents a decision by BART to have a complete Cubic solution for ticket vending machines, faregates and "add fare" machines throughout the BART system. The new equipment uses a processing architecture compatible with Cubic's Nextfare(TM) Solution Suite for advanced integrated ticketing. "The common platform will ensure efficient long-term, and economical support costs for both hardware and software systemwide," said Mike Healy Mike Healy is a Correctional Officer on the HBO drama Oz, played by Steve Ryan. Season 1 A disgruntled and corrupt officer, Healy has a very low opinion of both the inmates and Unit Manager Tim McManus. , BART Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. manager. "It also supports the transition to the next level of ticketing technology -- smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. ." "Cubic's next-generation equipment is designed to support both magnetic ticketing, now in use by BART, and smart cards. By going with our equipment, which includes Cubic's Tri-Reader(R) technology for integration across its fare collection system, BART is 'future proofing' its system to assure complete flexibility in any future smart card selection," said Walter C. Zable, president and chief executive officer, Cubic Transportation Systems. The Cubic Tri-Reader is the transit industry's first card reader that processes multiple card technologies, including ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14443 Types A and B and the Cubic GO CARD(R) now in use in Chicago and Washington D.C. Cubic will begin demonstration testing of its new ticketing equipment at Concord Station in November to familiarize riders with the new easy-to-use Cubic ATM-style ticket vending machines, "Add Fare" machines and automatic faregates. Cubic will deliver and install the new equipment to all 43 BART stations next May. Every year, some 10 billion passengers on five continents in more than 40 major markets pay for their mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a rides using Cubic's payment systems. Cubic's installations include London, Washington DC, Hong Kong, Chicago, 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 , Gungzhou, Shanghai, Atlanta, San Francisco, Sydney, Singapore and Miami, among others. Cubic Transportation Systems is the world's largest supplier of total revenue services, including integrated ticketing and automated fare collection systems for mass transit that utilize a magnetic ticketing base system to support the future addition of smart card systems as transit agencies expand their objectives. Cubic Transportation Systems is one of Cubic Corp.'s two major segments. The Cubic Defense Group provides battle command training, instrumented training systems, avionics, data links, product logistical support and radio communication systems. For more information about Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com. |
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