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Description of Intelligent, Coordinated Transit Card Integration with CRRAFT

diagram showing coordinated transit card integration at the transit system depot and in the transit vehicle

This diagram shows intelligent, coordinated transit card integration with CRRAFT at the transit system depot and in the transit vehicle. The figure was updated on Tuesday, February 10, 2004.

At the transit system depot, CRRAFT is shown being accessible by the internet either (1) through a 56Kb/s dial up modem connected to a workstation, which a hand held computer can access, or (2) through high speed connection to an ethernet router connected to both a workstation and a hand held computer.

In the transit vehicle, the hand held computer is shown communicating with a satellite through GPS information. In the transit vehicle, the hand held computer is used with the smart card reader/writer, which interacts with a Smart Card.