This committee addresses issues pertaining to the design, operation, and maintenance of fare collection equipment utilized by rail and bus transit systems. The committee develops and examines concepts in fare collection techniques and hardware with respect to developing technology, and explores methods to increase the protection of revenues/fares collected by transit systems. The committee sponsors the Fare Collection Workshop.

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The Transportation Research board has released LRD -25 Privacy Issues With the Use of Smart Cards. This digest examines basic privacy issues associated with the acquisition and storage of financial and trip data, including, but not limited to who can access the data, what data may be accessed and under what conditions, and how the information can be used. The report can be viewed at http://www.tcrponline.org.