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by donw 6247 days ago
I would kill for BART and Caltrain to adopt the same ticketing technology used in every metro that I've been to in Asia -- namely, a little RFID card that sits in your wallet, that you just hold over the sensor. Most mobile phones (in Japan, at least) incorporate the same technology, so you can just hold your phone over the sensor to handle payment.

No moving parts, and no openings, so they're very durable. And incredibly convenient.

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I would kill for BART and Caltrain to adopt the same ticketing technology used in every metro that I've been to in Asia

This is what the Translink card is eventually supposed to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransLink_(San_Francisco_Bay_Ar...