INTRODUCTIONAutomation of transport fare collection represents a major technological advance in the history of urban public transport. “Moving towards changes in fare collection technology and methodology has indeed become the order of the day as older and larger transit systems seek more efficient collection, better control of recipes and an effective marketing technique” (Jones, 1985). This project aims to determine the feasibility of implementing different automated technologies in the transportation system in Metro Manila and other cities in the Philippines to assist in the collection and accounting of passenger fares. The study includes the following objectives:1. To examine the current practice in the transportation sector of automated fare collection and collection systems and their applicability in Metro Manila.2. Examine current and existing related technologies in Metro Manila and other cities, such as the Senior Access Card, to assess whether these current systems/technologies could be expanded to include automated fee collection and recovery of transportation in Metro Manila transportation systems.3. Conduct a requirements analysis that examines transportation systems business practices to determine any issues that may affect the implementation of an automated transportation cost collection and recovery system.4. Develop a benefit/cost ratio to determine whether the implementation of an automated transportation fare collection and recovery system in Metro Manila and other cities is feasible.5. Provide an implementation report that will highlight the main obstacles, difficulties or major issues that would need to be addressed if the decision was made to implement an automated form...... middle of paper...... Payment Options – Transportation Research Board, http://www.onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_10.c.pdf, last accessed May 2014. Breeze Automated Fare Collection System for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), http://www.lumenorconsulting.com, last accessed May 2014. Kessler, DS (2004), Computer-Aided Scheduling And Dispatch in Demand – Responsive Transit Services, A Synthesis of Transit Practice.Computer Aided Dispatch & Scheduling Fact Sheet: Human Services Transit, http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov, last accessed May 2014Kack, David, Jorgensen, Amanda, WTI, Montana State University, Hodges, Richard, Hodges Transportation Consulting, Salt Lake Utah, August 2008, Automated Cost Recovery: A Feasibility Study, Montana State Department of Transportation, p10RouteMatch Software Inc., http://www.routematch.com, last accessed in May 2014.