Skip to main content

SolTrans deepens ties with Transit 

Public transport riders in California are aided by real-time ETAs, trip planning and navigation
By Ben Spencer December 29, 2021 Read time: 2 mins
SolTrans riders can receive crowdsourced real-time information with Transit's Go feature (© Ldprod | Dreamstime.com)

California's SolTrans (Solano County Transit) has chosen Transit as its official mobility app in a move that allows riders track and pay for fares. 

SolTrans provides public transportation service to the southern Solano County cities of Vallejo and Benicia. 

David Block-Schachter, chief business officer at Transit, says: “We want to make riding public transit as simple and stress-free as possible. SolTrans passengers already rely on Transit to plan their next trip and track their ride in real-time. Adding the ability to buy transit fares gives riders everything they need in one official app.”

SolTrans riders can see nearby options and departure times in big text and bright colours. They can navigate the region, aided by accurate real-time ETAs, trip planning, step by step navigation and crowdsourced real-time information with Transit’s Go feature.

Transit also supports mobile fare payment in partnership with Token Transit app, providing customers with access to a solution for trip planning, real-time tracking, multimodal connections and fare payment. 

Users can create a Transit Account and enter their credit card information to purchase a ticket. When boarding, they display the activated pass to their driver for validation.

Pomi Tefera, director of operations at Token Transit, says: “Token Transit powers transit payments for over 100 cities across North America. In Transit, we’ve found a partner to help us make mobility services better through payments.”
 

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Michigan Mobility Wallet aims to simplify transit ridership & payments
    March 30, 2023
    Focus will be on equity for Feonix, Ecolane, RTA and their partners in the US state
  • Translink launches ticketing system for Glider bus network
    September 19, 2018
    Translink has unveiled its future ticketing system at the launch of the Glider bus rapid transit network in Belfast. The technology will allow riders with more flexible options to pay for journeys, the company says. Riders will be able to pay with cash, smartcard and contactless payment cards, mobile payments, online accounts and Translink smart cards. Flowbird developed the system and a back-office architecture called CloudFare. It is intended to allow administrators to monitor and control ticketing
  • Chicago Transit Authority’s Ventra mobile app hits two million downloads
    August 22, 2017
    Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Ventra mobile app, implemented by Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS, and also used by suburban bus operator Pace and commuter rail system Metra, has reached a milestone with a download of more than two million and was used to purchase nearly US$250 million in fares. The Ventra app, developed and launched by Cubic, CTA and its transit partners in November 2015, is a free, regional transit application in the US that allows customers to plan, manage and pay for journeys ac
  • Special delivery: air quality data from DPD
    September 27, 2021
    Trinity College Dublin will absorb data from sensors on carrier's vans and on local buildings