Commuters in Victoria, B.C., might soon be able to use their smartphones to pay for bus fare. Right now, the city's bus system operates on cash or paper tickets, but a $21-million upgrade to the fare system could change that. Ridout said Victoria will not be exploring a Compass card option because the infrastructure for such a system is costly. She said Compass cards require expensive vending machines to load the cards, and a comprehensive database on the back end to avoid fraud. To that end, she said buses will not remove their cash boxes, and cash will always be acceptable when buying fare.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2019 18:56 UTC