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> wanted to add that here in Portland, we have the special Apple Pay transit wallet for the bus, which is amazing! I'm aware of this, because here in Canada, i
by Marsymars 7y ago
> wanted to add that here in Portland, we have the special Apple Pay transit wallet for the bus, which is amazing!
I'm aware of this, because here in Canada, if you add a transit pass to Google Pay, the only options are 1) Las Vegas Monorail, 2) Melbourne myki, 3) Portland Hop and 4) Manatee County, Florida MCAT.
- selimthegrim 7y agoCTA in Chicago takes Apple Pay, as does Ventra (the commuter rail app) and WMATA in DC is supposed to soon I think. Surprised Canada hasn't caught on to that.
- Marsymars 7y agoI don't know that they haven't - I assume those four cities support some additional integration with Google Pay over just paying for tickets. My local commuter rail "takes" Apple/Google Pay in the sense that you can buy a paper ticket via contactless payment - there are no turnstiles or fare collection, making it essentially an honour system.
- fphhotchips 7y agoMelbourne-resident here; Myki is there because it's a horribly implemented system to the point where, while most cities will just use a Visa/Amex/MC backed system, we needed to keep our specific transit ticketing because... reasons. It's really bad.
- rescbr 7y agoChicago's CTA only accepts US cards, even when paying with Apple Pay. My international cards weren't accepted at all, the card reader failing with a generic error message. I didn't expect Apple Pay being declined, though. On the other hand, both Las Vegas and Portland transit systems readily accepts foreign cards.