Mobile ticketing begins

Starting February 11, a couple dozen TriMet employees will use their smartphones instead of their badges when boarding lines 17 and 70. This phase of testing is designed to gather feedback from operators as well as information about how the app works in the real world. Outreach to operators of lines 17 and 70—including the Center extraboard and relevant vacation relief operators—is under way. The next round of testing will be much larger, involving all bus lines, and about 200 members of the general public. Expanded outreach to bus operators will take place before this phase of testing launches in the spring. More information on trimet.org/mobiletickets.