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Key Takeaway:

A small, rural U.S. transit agency is replacing its aging closed-loop card program with open-loop payments. Exact-change cash will be the only other fare-payments option available for riders, which the agency is trying to de-emphasize. Will it be enough for riders?

Key Data:

• Fact Box: MCTA open-loop project, including costs

Organizations Mentioned:

• MCTA (Monroe Co., Pa.)
• Cal-ITP
• Kuba
• Littlepay
• Elavon
• MTA (New York)
• Avail Technologies
• Masabi
• LANTA (Allentown, Pa.)

A small U.S. transit agency in northeastern Pennsylvania has launched open-loop payments, with plans to shut down its closed-loop card program, which is used for more than half of its rides but which would have required a major overhaul.

The agency, the Monroe County Transportation Authority, or MCTA, which delivers

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