New York

A new way to pay for America’s largest transit system

New Fare Payment System – New York City Transit (New York, NY)

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), in cooperation with New York City Transit (NYCT), Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), and Metro-North Railroad (MNR), is in the process of replacing the aging MetroCard system with a new account-based, open payment system that will provide integrated payments across the MTA family. CCG is providing end-to-end technical support to NYCT/MTA with Trevor Findley serving as the Technical Project Manager for this massive project, which will see new fare equipment installed in 472 subway stations, on 5,700 transit vehicles, and at two of the largest railroads in North America.

Period of Performance: January 2014 to Present

Project Responsibilities

• Program and contract management
• Technical specification development
• Procurement support
• System architecture design
• Cost of fare collection analysis
• Business rules development
• Testing oversight and system certification
• Financial management and controls design

Key Accomplishments

• Developed technical specifications to support integrated payment across NYCT, LIRR, & MNR
• Supported complex, best value procurement resulting in $573M award to Cubic (CTS)
• Coordinated technical review for successful completion of CDR two months following NTP
• Leading detailed cost of fare collection analysis across entire NYCT organization

References available upon request.