OC Transpo customers can now pay for fares by tapping a debit card when they get on a bus or pass the gates at an LRT station.
Last September, OC Transpo riders could start tapping their credit card or a mobile wallet (if it had a credit card or Presto card attached) to pay their bus fare. However, debit cards were excluded until now.
The system, called O-Payment, automatically charges a rider an adult fare ($3.80) and caps the fare at the price for a daily or monthly pass.
No matter how many rides you take a day, you won’t be charged more than the cost of a day pass, $11.75, provided you use the same payment method for all trips.
The same is true each month; you won’t be charged more than the amount of a monthly $128.75 pass.
The new system is separate from Presto, so users can track their payments with a credit or debit card on the O-Payment website.
But it does not cover Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) buses, discounted fares and monthly passes. OC Transpo said in a statement it recommends those riders still use their Presto cards.