KYW: SEPTA Slows its “Smart Card” System Plan, Again
KYW: SEPTA Slows its “Smart Card” System Plan, Again
KYW Newsradio reports that SEPTA has pushed back the bid deadline for vendors to provide a tokenless and ticketless fare collection system to June 23, saying that it is taking longer than expected to evaluate the bids for the approximately $100-million job.
Last November, the hope was that SEPTA would award a contract by April.
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