Metropolitan Transit System And North County Transit District Launch Ticketing App

SAN DIEGO, CA — The Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District are scheduled today to launch a mobile ticketing app that will be good for both agencies.

Passengers will be able to use the Compass Cloud for bus and rail trips.

According to the agencies, the app will be available round-the-clock.Other perks include being able to buy tickets in advance and having multiple tickets on one device.

The launch comes almost one year after the MTS board approved a three-year contract with moovel North America to create and implement a mobile ticketing platform.

The agencies have been under fire for the old-fashioned Compass cards dispensed at ticket machines at trolley stations and transit centers, which turned out to have some security flaws.

While the Compass Cloud isn't a replacement for the card, it will provide an alternative since many passengers have mobile devices.

The deal with moovel -- a Portland, Oregon,-based subsidiary of Germany's Daimler AG -- includes options for three additional years, for what could be a total of six. The firm will receive a 4 percent commission on sales.

By City News Service / Photo by Gary J. Wood via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0