ETS TOOK THE LONG WAY TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION

In 2017 ETS signed a $31.4 million deal with Vix Technology of Australia to supply and install fare machines at LRT stations, transit centres, on trains and buses. The deal with Vix Techonolgy involved a two stage fulfillment the contract. The first stage began in 2019 with the Vix I-Val machines that was a “closed” payment system that only worked with the Arc card. The second stage of deal is now being fulfilled with installment of the open-payment (tap-to-pay) machines which the existing validators across the network within the first six months of 2025. In a recent interview city manager Eddie Robar attempted to answer the questions many people have about why the two stage contract.

Read the article below to better understand why the City did what it did.