Comparison and Evaluation of Fare Collection Technologies in the Public Transport

The development of electronic fare collection technologies records currently considerable progress in many types of payments, including the application in transport. Use of new technologies in public transport contributes both to higher customer satisfaction and smoother movement of passengers and also increases the efficiency of collection of fare compared to the current payment method. Currently are various market pressures to improve check in system based on paper ticket, whether in the form of a draft of new system or in potential measures to improve the current situation. This paper deals with the fare collection technologies and ticketing in the public transport. There is an analysis of the present way of check in of passengers in the integrated public transport systems, including the modern trends in possibilities of check inof passengers. There are concepts of specific ways of comparison and evaluation of fare collection technologies with the utilization of the methods of multicriteria evaluation of variants. Individual proposed variants of check in are evaluated with emphasis on aspects their implementation in the integrated public transport systems.