Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc.

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Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. provides automated fare collection systems for public transport. Currently owned by parent company Cubic Corporation, this subsidiary company was previously Westinghouse Cubic Ltd until April 1997.Ref.

[edit] Current systems

London Underground ticketing for London Underground, UK
MetroCard, New York, USA
Freedom system for PATCO Speedline, New Jersey region, USA
SmarTrip for Washington Metro and DC Circulator
Los Angeles region, USA
San Diego region, USA
San Francisco, USA
Go-To card for Metro Transit (Minnesota)
Chicago Card for Chicago Transit Authority and Pace (transit)
Houston, USA
Atlanta, USA
South Florida, USA
Vancouver and Edmonton, Canada
TransLink Go Card, South East Queensland region, Australia
Singapore
Bangkok, Thailand
Scandinavia

[edit] Proprietary Go Card Technology

Cubic's primary contactless product is proprietary, operating on the same frequency as the international ISO 14443 standards. The Go Card uses an 8% NRZ ASK modulation scheme for transmission at 13.56 MHz, and a ASK-NRZ load modulation scheme for transmission from the smart card. This format is described International Application Number PCT/US92/08892 and WO 93/09516, titled "Non-contact Automatic Fare Collection System", filed Oct. 19, 1992.