FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MEDIA ADVISORY: David Alvarez and Lorie Zapf join Circulate San Diego to ask for MTS to Fix its Compass Card
MTS Board Members David Alvarez and Lorie Zapf will join transit advocacy organization Circulate San Diego for a press conference to call on MTS to fix the compass card, to protect customer data, and to make the system easier and safer for customers to access. Alvarez and Zapf also released this letter to MTS detailing safety concerns and customer access issues.
KPBS recently reported that the MTS Compass Card, the fare-card for the region’s transit system, is not PCI compliant, leaving customers vulnerable to credit card fraud.
The Compass Card system is also very unusual for a large metropolitan transit agency, because it does not allow customers to use “stored value,” a functionality to load funds on a card, to be drawn down whenever needed.
WHEN: 1 PM, Tuesday, March 8, 2016
WHERE: At the corner of 2nd Ave and C Street, next to the City Hall Transit Station.
WHAT: MTS Board members calling on MTS to fix the Compass Card
WHO: Circulate San Diego, MTS Board Members David Alvarez and Lorie Zapf
