hop fastpass reader
A Hop Fastpass card reader.
(TriMet)
The new cash-free fare system for Portland-area transit has been dubbed "Hop Fastpass," TriMet said Thursday.
The e-fare system will also be the standard for payment on Clark County's C-Tran buses and the Portland Streetcar when it launches in 2017. Work crews have recently been tearing up MAX stations to install underground infrastructure for the system.
The name, TriMet says, invokes speedy rabbits and the hops that fuel the region's craft IPAs and other brews.
"Our riders asked for a name that was easy to say and remember, speaks to its speed and efficiency, and promotes a regional identity, yet is intuitive as a payment system," Chris Tucker, TriMet's director of revenue operations and project manager, said in a news release.
It wasn't one of the five names options -- 1Pass, Indigo, Umbrella, Via and Lynx -- TriMet floated late last year.
The $30 million system will let riders tap a prepaid card to pay for a ride. It will also accept Apple Pay, Google Wallet and contactless bank cards.
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