[tabi] Fw: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Offers Online Purchase of 31-Day Fare Card
- From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:38:24 -0400
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Subject: City of Tallahassee News Release - StarMetro Offers Online Purchase of
31-Day Fare Card
StarMetro Offers Online Purchase of 31-Day Fare Card
Today, StarMetro launches a new application that will allow customers to
purchase a 31-day fare card online with a credit card.
"Currently, customers must purchase fare cards at C.K. Steele Plaza or
StarMetro's main offices off of Appleyard Drive; in addition, customers must
have cash to purchase that fare card," said Ron Garrison, executive director of
StarMetro. "By employing this new application, we will make purchasing
StarMetro fare more convenient for our customers."
In order to purchase a 31-day fare card online, customers must first
register for an account. Through a secure provider, the customer must submit
personal information. Once the customer establishes an account, he/she may be
able to use a credit card to purchase the 31-day fare card. The initial
purchase of a 31-day fare card online will total $43.75. This total includes a
$3.00 service charge, which is applied to the purchase of all new reloadable
fare cards, and a $2.75 processing fee. Within three to five days, the customer
should receive their fare card in the mail.
During the registration process, customers may choose to execute the
automatic reload function, which simply reloads the fare card every 31 days.
This reload will total $40.75; all subsequent reloads will total this amount,
which includes the fare of $38.00 plus the $2.75 processing fee. If a customer
chooses not to execute the automatic reload feature, then that customer will
receive an email expiration notice within five days of the expiration.
"In the future, we hope to offer more than just our 31-day fare card
online," Garrison said.
The StarCard will also allow customers to access information about
StarMetro's partners via a quick response, or QR, code displayed on the back of
the card.
For information, please contact StarMetro at 891-5200 or visit
Talgov.com/starmetro. Other ways to view information include liking StarMetro's
official Facebook page at Facebook.com/starmetrotransit and following
StarMetro's official Twitter page at Twitter.com/ridestarmetro.
Contact: Brian Waterman, StarMetro Planning Administrator, 891-5564; or
Heather Teter, StarMetro Marketing Specialist, 891-5206
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