Nearly all transit agencies can imagine potential benefits to multimodal payment convergence. TRB hosted a webinar on Thursday, July 29, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern that presented models for multimodal payment integration. Presenters identified how transit agencies, private transit operators, transit advocates, and local government leadership can integrate multimodal fare payments. They also determined what payment convergence is, list the benefits of applying these methods, and discuss how to implement them.

The webinar features research from TCRP Synthesis Report 144: Multimodal Fare Payment Integration.

The slides and recorded webinar are available.

Webinar agenda and presenters:

1. Findings from the report: Waiching Wong, Uber
2. Case studies: David Block-Schachter, TransitApp
3. Question and answer session: Moderated by Jeroen Kok, Rebel Transit & Ticketing

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, you will able to:

• Identify payment convergence and how to utilize it
• List current industry developments in payment convergence

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits

This webinar was approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please visit the Certification Maintenance section of APA’s website to claim your credits: https://www.planning.org/cm/. If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact the APA.