Here comes the world’s first virtual transit card in Android Pay, well at least according to Google and Portland’s public transport operator TriMet, who teamed up to unveil the Hop Fastpass.
TriMet announced today that a group of TriMet C-Tran and Portland Streetcar beta testers can now load this virtual card into Android Pay and tap and pay for their transit fares.
Right now, the feature is open to only a select few, but it be available to everyone else by early next year.
Read more at Finextra and Railwayage.
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