Plexitech Smart Card ticketing systems allow automatic fare collection, in which cash is prepaid to get a card. The card is held in front of a reader on the bus that deducts the fare amount from the "smart card". This system has also been combined with turnstile technology for passenger buses.

A smart card is a card that is embedded with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip with non-programmable logic. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and otherwise manipulate information on the card. The same size as a credit card, it has gold contacts that allow other devices to communicate with the card. It can contain more data than a magnetic strip and can be programmed to reveal only the relevant information. For example, it could tell a device in a store that there is sufficient balance in an account to pay for a transaction without revealing the balance amount. Encryption techniques secure the data, and the processor allows it to be programmed for different applications.

Applications:
Passenger buses – can work along with turnstiles
Taxi – one card can work in multiple locations
Ground Transfers – shuttle and limousine companies
Light Rail – can work with or without turnstiles

Features
Transport companies using our turnstile solution with smart card readers will resolve a lot of problems in the existing systems - lineups, lost tickets, expired tickets, not enough change in the pocket, hustle when trying to pay to the driver, get change back, move forward, etc. A solution to most of the above problems is a ticket that passengers can use many times, re-charge it with a selected value online whenever needed, and just re-use it again and again.

Advantages of using Smart Cards in Transit:

• Smart cards are small, they fit everybody's pocket.
• Smart cards are very secured, can't be read, copied, manipulated with, counterfeited, duplicated.
• Smart card protect privacy where needed.
• Smart cards are re-writable and can be recharged thousands of times.
• Smart card can contain digital log with location, date, time, person's stamp to record every transaction.
• Smart card can contain money value in electronic form, kind of small system.
• Smart card can contain weekly pass, monthly pass or simply ticket that expires by certain date.
• Smart card fare system eliminates cash from the payment systems.
• Smart card fare systems remove burden of handling cash by drivers. It reduces crime.