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The OPUS Card: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Guylaine St-Louis

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This brief paper describes the OPUS smart card, used for Societie de Transport de Montreal (STM) transit fares. OPUS is also accepted by a community of Transit Authorities throughout the Greater Montreal and Quebec City areas in Canada. Transit users appreciate the integration of OPUS with other transit networks of neighboring cities of Montreal. They also appreciate the speed at which users can buy or validate fares. Transit authorities appreciate many aspects of the OPUS e-ticketing system (including avoidance of fraud). OPUS is a lot more than a card and a 200 M$ project! The presentation will introduce the objectives of the OPUS e-ticketing system, its governance principles, its step by step implementation, main key performance indicators (KPIs) and an overview of its strategic planning.

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This brief paper describes the OPUS smart card, used for Societie de Transport de Montreal (STM) transit fares. OPUS is also accepted by a community of Transit Authorities throughout the Greater Montreal and Quebec City areas in Canada. Transit users appreciate the integration of OPUS with other transit networks of neighboring cities of Montreal. They also appreciate the speed at which users can buy or validate fares. Transit authorities appreciate many aspects of the OPUS e-ticketing system (including avoidance of fraud). OPUS is a lot more than a card and a 200 M$ project! The presentation will introduce the objectives of the OPUS e-ticketing system, its governance principles, its step by step implementation, main key performance indicators (KPIs) and an overview of its strategic planning.

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This brief paper describes the OPUS smart card, used for Societie de Transport de Montreal (STM) transit fares. OPUS is also accepted by a community of Transit Authorities throughout the Greater Montreal and Quebec City areas in Canada. Transit users appreciate the integration of OPUS with other transit networks of neighboring cities of Montreal. They also appreciate the speed at which users can buy or validate fares. Transit authorities appreciate many aspects of the OPUS e-ticketing system (including avoidance of fraud). OPUS is a lot more than a card and a 200 M$ project! The presentation will introduce the objectives of the OPUS e-ticketing system, its governance principles, its step by step implementation, main key performance indicators (KPIs) and an overview of its strategic planning.

Key concepts: Opus, Public transport, Transit (satellite), Yesterday, Smart card, Engineering, Computer science, Transport engineering

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