10-Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.pdf

This document appears to be a supporting exhibit or reference material related to a joint Request for Proposals issued by ten California transit and transportation agencies: Monterey-Salinas Transit District, Ventura County Transportation Commission, Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, Humboldt Transit Authority, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority, Nevada County Transit Services, Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The agencies are seeking qualified proposers to provide reloadable contactless EMV (cEMV) cards for public transit and parking payment services. The solution is designed to serve riders who cannot or do not use bankcards or mobile wallets, allowing them to load cash onto physical or digital cEMV payment cards accepted by the agencies' payment acceptance devices. This offering is intended to replace the agencies' existing closed-loop card systems and provide payment options for riders currently paying with cash onboard transit vehicles, at parking meters, and at off-street parking locations.

The document identifies Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District as one of the participating agencies in this multi-jurisdictional procurement effort. The RFP represents a collaborative approach to modernizing payment infrastructure across multiple California transit systems, enabling interoperability and standardization across the participating agencies. The proposed cEMV payment solution addresses equity and accessibility concerns by ensuring unbanked and underbanked populations have access to electronic payment methods currently required by many transit systems.