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=== Arc card === {{Further|Arc card}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |- ! style="width:150px;"| ! style="width:125px;"|Youth (18 and under) ! style="width:125px;"|Student (25+) ! style="width:125px;"|Adult (25-64) ! style="width:125px;"|Senior (65+) |- ! Pay-as-you-go (90 min) | style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" | $3.75 |- ! Daily cap | style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" | $10.25 |- ! Arc ticket (90 min) | style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" | $3.50 |- ! Arc ticket (24 hour) | style="text-align: center;" colspan="4" | $10.25 |- ! Monthly cap | $73 | $73 | $100 | $35 |- ! Annual cap | colspan="3" {{N/A|N/A}} | $385 |} Edmonton first approved funding for a SmartFare program in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=$30 million for new buses and fare technology|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/30-million-for-new-buses-and-fare-technology|access-date=2021-06-09|website=edmontonjournal|language=en-CA}}</ref> Fort Saskatchewan, St. Albert, and Strathcona County are among the other communities which are also participating in this system.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=England |first=Luke |title=Fort Saskatchewan joining Smart Fare program |url=https://fortsaskonline.com/local/fort-saskatchewan-joining-smart-fare-program |access-date=2020-05-23 |website=FortSaskOnline.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> Smart fare was set to launch in early 2021, but its rollout was delayed by the closure of the Canada–United States border during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|title=Border closure due to COVID-19 puts brakes on Edmonton transit's smart fare system|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7322260/smart-fare-edmonton-transit-covid-19-border-delay/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref> On 8 June 2021, it was announced that the SmartFare payment system would be branded as [[Arc card|Arc]].<ref name=":16">{{Cite web|title=Going digital: Edmonton reveals Arc card smart fare transit payment system|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7932130/edmonton-transit-arc-card-smart-fare-system/|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref> Post secondary students became the first riders to use Arc when their institutions began issuing cards in fall 2021.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|last=Edmonton|first=City of|date=2021-06-08|title=Arc (formerly Smart Fare)|url=https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/transit/smart-fare.aspx|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.edmonton.ca|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617233548/https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/transit/smart-fare.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> A pilot test including 500 adult fare-paying users began on 1 January 2022, and the results were reviewed in March 2022, but access to Arc was not expanded at that time.<ref name=":17" /> Arc was rolled out to adult fare-paying riders on November 21, 2022.<ref name=":112">{{Cite web |last=Boothby |first=Lauren |date=November 15, 2022 |title=Edmonton's tap Arc transit cards available to adults next week |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-tap-arc-transit-cards-available-to-adults-next-week |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=edmontonjournal |language=en-CA}}</ref> Subsidized fare groups, including seniors, youth, junior high and senior high students, customers who purchase low-income passes, DATS riders, and users of regional paratransit services, will receive access to Arc in 2023.<ref name=":112" /> Fare vending machines which sell Arc cards and Arc tickets, and allow users to load money to their accounts, are at various major locations in the region, including all [[Edmonton LRT]] stations, some transit centres, and the [[Edmonton International Airport]].<ref name=":17" /> The machines accept cash, debit, and credit cards. Riders can also purchase Arc cards and add money to their account balances online.<ref name=":17" /> Each rider's balance is stored on their account, rather than on the Arc cards or Arc tickets themselves, meaning that if an Arc card is lost or stolen, its balance can be transferred to a new card if the owner had registered their account.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|last=Edmonton|first=City of|date=2021-06-08|title=Coming soon: Arc|url=https://transforming.edmonton.ca/coming-soon-arc/|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Transforming Edmonton|language=en-US|archive-date=9 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609025243/https://transforming.edmonton.ca/coming-soon-arc/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arc cards include daily and monthly fare-capping; frequent riders who reach a fare threshold will ride for the remainder of that period for free of charge.<ref name=":18" /> Arc tickets work similarly to Arc cards, but are one-time use only, and are sold in 90-minute and 24-hour increments.<ref name=":17" /> Riders can still pay their fare with cash, paper passes and tickets, but paper tickets and passes will eventually be phased out; cash will always be a payment option.<ref name=":16" />
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