CDTA launches smartcard payment program

The Capital District Transportation Authority unveiled a new smartcard program that enables customers to load cash onto their card and then tap it to pay their fare. Called Navigator, the program will be expanded later this year to enable people to use it on their phones. "Our Navigator smartcard prepayment system is changing the way the Capital Region looks at transit," said David Stackrow, chairman of CDTA's board of directors. "After a year of field testing, we're happy to announce CDTA's Navigator is ready to hit the streets."