You can sign up now to pay for SEPTA rides with your phone - BillyPenn

By Lizzy McLellan Ravitch

Want to ditch your Key card? Android and iPhone users can apply to be part of the mobile ticketing pilot.

Norristown Transportation Center

Transit riders who are sick of fumbling with their SEPTA Key cards may now have an opportunity to ditch the plastic, as part of a new pilot test for mobile tickets that could be fully operational as soon as October.

SEPTA is about to launch the second testing phase for technology that will allow users to tap in and out with their smartphone, on all transit modes except Regional Rail.

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