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    1. Technology
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    DART’s GoPass now available for STAR Transit and Dallas Streetcar System

    Sept. 11, 2020
    STAR Transit passengers can soon use the GoPass ap to ride in various counties and Vix Technology allows passengers to pay for the streetcar via their GoPass Tap card.
    Related To: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
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    The Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) GoPass® is now available on STAR Transit and the Dallas Streetcar System.

    The DART Board approved an interlocal agreement with STAR Transit for licensing of the GoPass Mobile App and its supporting systems for the next three years.

    GoPass, approved by STAR Transit's Board on July 21, is already in use by several transit agencies including DART, Trinity Railway Express, Denton County Transit Authority, Trinity Metro and Tulsa Transit.

    STAR Transit will provide the free app by the end of 2020 for convenient and safe transit planning and purchasing for customers in Kaufman County, Rockwall County, Mesquite, Balch Springs, Seagoville, Hutchins and DeSoto.

    Vix Technology expands GoPass to Dallas Streetcar

    Vix Technology has expanded DART’s GoPass Tap automated fare collection (AFC) platform to now include the Dallas Streetcar, offering passengers a better customer journey.

    Already deployed on bus and light-rail services across the city, the system expansion is a key component of an ambitious project to integrate all modes of public transportation across the surrounding region into one seamless payment platform, including rail, bus, paratransit and microtransit services.

    To support the new payment capability, Vix's validation devices were installed across the Dallas Streetcar fleet, matching those found on other modes of transit around the city to simplify the mobility experience for passengers.

    DART's fare collection system is built on Vix Pulse, a multi-modal, multi-operator platform that unifies account-based ticketing, mobile and contactless payments into a single, secure, easy-to-operate and managed platform.

    Costing $1 for a one-way fare purchasable in the DART GoPass mobile app, passengers can also tap and go with a reloadable GoPass Tap Card that can be purchased and reloaded at 7-Eleven, ACE Cash Express, Tom Thumb and Fiesta Mart locations in the DART Service Area. The fare is also included with any valid pre-purchased DART pass.

    Contactless bank card payment trials for the entire DART network will begin in late 2020 and fully launch in 2021.  This will allow customers to use their contactless bank cards and mobile wallets to pay quickly and easily for transit without obtaining a card or downloading an app.