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Lesson

• Seek a variety of funding sources to support a regional fare card project, and offer a finance plan that encourages participation.
• Provide for appropriate legal support services to address the many significant legal issues faced in implementing a regional fare card project.
• Understand the issues, strategies and trade-offs that motivate agencies to join in a regional partnership and provide appropriate support.
• Examine the contextual factors and carefully manage the associated issues that will determine the success or failure of a regional fare card project.
• Anticipate, understand, address and manage the risks associated with fare card technologies and the vendor relationship.
• Plan for greater time and project complexity than expected.
• Consider a consensus organizational model to help assure support and participation of partners in a regional fare card project.
• Establish a coordinated fare structure to effectively accommodate differences in fare structures across participating agencies.