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Testing TransLink®

TransLink® is moving forward, but participants are needed and you can help!

Before we offer this new way of paying for transit rides to the general public, we are testing the service with a group of volunteers — and the offer to participate has been extended. We encourage you to try TransLink® for the next six months during this testing phase and give us your feedback.

You will be able to pay fares on several different Bay Area transit systems with a single TransLink® smart card, which is about the size of a credit card. The smart card will keep track of a stored value equivalent to cash, passes and/or ticket books, automatically deducting the correct fares.

The card is valid on selected routes and at certain stations of six of the region's largest transit agencies: AC Transit, BART, Caltrain, Golden Gate Transit, San Francisco Muni and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

As a small gesture of thanks for participating in the TransLink® test phase, your TransLink® "smart card" will be loaded with $3 in electronic cash (e-cash) — so your first ride is on us!

Register now by calling 877.878.8883 or e-mail custserv@translink.org.

For more information, visit www.translink.org.

Contents

• News Briefs
  • Plans for Trans-California High-Speed Train Accelerate
  • Testing TransLink®
  • Project Update: BART-SFO Line Nearly Done
  • Tax Change Sparks Surge in Workplace Transit Sales
  • MTC Awards "Livable Communities" Grants
  • Feds Lift Funding Freeze
• COMMISSION ACTIONS