LYNX Open Payment System

Project Description: LYNX is implementing Open Payments for fare payment on fareboxes on all fixed route buses and demand response (NeighborLink) vehicles. This allows fare payment using the VISA, MasterCard, and Discover Card network by accepting the contactless Tap to Pay. Also included are any devices that allow Tap to Pay via these networks (cell phone with nearfield and wearables). This will involve the Open Payment media interacting with the farebox to pay the fare. The farebox will communicate via cellular to the back–office system which then processes the charge through the merchant network. Request for authorization and for payment goes from farebox to back office and from back office to merchant network, authorization, and electronic payment from the merchant network to the back office with authorization back to the farebox. Also, credit card number blacklists are communicated from the back office to the farebox. All this communication is via cellular network (4G).

Project Status: Planned

Project Stakeholders:

• Financial Institutions
• LYNX
• SunRail
• Travelers

Project Service Packages:

• PT04: Transit Fare Collection Management (LYNX Open Payment System)

Project Information Flows:

Information Flow	Source Element	Destination Element	Status
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Planned
actuate secure payment	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
authorization request	LYNX Transit Vehicles	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
authorization request	SunRail Rail Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
authorization response	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Planned
authorization response	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
fare collection data	LYNX Transit Vehicles	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
fare collection data	SunRail Rail Vehicles	SunRail Operations Control Center	Planned
fare management information	LYNX Transportation Center	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Planned
fare management information	SunRail Operations Control Center	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
payment device information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Planned
payment device information	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Planned
payment device update	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
payment device update	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
payment request	LYNX Transportation Center	Financial Institutions	Planned
registered secureIDs	LYNX Transportation Center	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	LYNX Transit Vehicles	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
request for payment	SunRail Rail Vehicles	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	Planned
settlement	Financial Institutions	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned
transit fare coordination	LYNX Transportation Center	SunRail Operations Control Center	Future
transit fare coordination	SunRail Operations Control Center	LYNX Transportation Center	Future
user account setup	Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices	LYNX Transportation Center	Planned

Project Functional Requirements (Element - Functional Object):

• LYNX Transit Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.


• LYNX Transportation Center - Transit Center Fare Management
• 1: The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 2: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
• 4: The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
• 7: The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.


• Private Travelers Personal Computing Devices - Personal Interactive Traveler Information
• 9: The personal traveler interface shall provide an interface through which credit identity, stored credit value, or traveler information may be collected from a traveler card being used by a traveler with a personal device.


• SunRail Operations Control Center - Transit Center Fare Management
• 1: The center shall manage the actual value of transit fares for each segment of each regular transit route, including the transmission of the information to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.
• 2: The center shall provide the capability for a system operator to manage the transit fares and control the exchange of transit fare information.
• 4: The center shall support the payment of transit fare transactions using data provided by the traveler cards / payment instruments.
• 7: The center shall maintain a list of invalid traveler credit identities or bad tag lists that can be forwarded to transit vehicles and transit stops or stations.


• SunRail Rail Vehicles - Transit Vehicle On-Board Fare Management
• 1: The transit vehicle shall read data from the traveler card / payment instrument presented by boarding passengers.
• 4: The transit vehicle shall calculate the traveler's fare based on the origin and destination provided by the traveler as well as factors such as the transit routing, transit fare category, traveler history, and route-specific information.
• 5: The transit vehicle shall have access to the complete range of transit services (routes and schedules) that are available to the traveler.
• 7: The transit vehicle shall include a database on-board the transit vehicle for use in fare processing from which the fares for all possible trips within the transit operational network can be determined.
• 9: The transit vehicle shall provide fare statistics data to the center.

Standards:

• (None-Data) - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)
• US: GTFS static - Secure Internet (ITS)
• US: TCIP - Secure Wireless Internet (ITS)

Project Operational Concepts:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Travelers
• Load AV shuttle fare payment application.


• Financial Institutions
• Support financial transactions for transit fare collection.


• LYNX
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment on all fixed-route and ACCESS LYNX demand-response vehicles, including the ability to obtain a fare payment card through agency-owned transit kiosks or other kiosks.


• SunRail
• Provide transit passenger electronic fare payment on SunRail vehicles, including the ability to obtain a fare payment card through agency-owned transit kiosks or other kiosks.