Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, has become the latest transit agency in the U.S. to accept contactless open-loop payments, joining just four other U.S. agencies that support the technology, not counting small open-loop pilots happening in California.
DART has long been planning to move to open loop, along with support for account-based ticketing–with automated fare-collection vendor Vix Technology first announcing its contract to deliver the technology in late 2015.
DART will continue to support its well-used closed-loop reloadable fare card, GoPass Tap, along with its GoPass App for mobile ticketing. The agency also still sells separate daily, monthly, single-ride and a few other passes to customers, including on board buses with cash.