Intra-Japan Closed-Loop Ticketing
This article is designed for stakeholders of transit agencies, municipal planners, and ticketing system vendors.
We will discuss the Sony FeliCa model of intra-Japan transit ticketing system which incorporates 100+ participating transit entities and 100+ million riders, providing latency of 0.1 sec per validation at the subway gateway.
Using this example, we will learn what the Trusted Execution EnvironmentTrusted Execution Environment – a secure, isolated layer for mutual verification and trust More (TEETrusted Execution Environment – a secure, isolated layer for mutual verification and trust More) is in stored-value solutions, their pros and cons, and what can be done to close the gap between the closed-loopClosed-loop ticketing systems use their specific cards incompatible with other transit systems. More ecosystem of trust build by FeliCa and open-loopOpen-loop ticketing allows fare payments with Visa, Mastercard, etc. cards. UniTiAg unlocks non-card-based open-loop ticketing tools, e.g., direct banking, e-wallets, crypto, etc. More ticketing.
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