VARIABLE THICKNESS DATA CARD BODY

摘要

According to the invention, a fare(100-1) card for storing information in a plurality of different ways for use in a transit system is disclosed. The fare card includes a card body that has at least a first region and a second region. The first region is located adjacent to an edge of the card body and has a first thickness(116). The second region has a second thickness(120) that is different than the first thickness. A first data storage element (124)for storing fare information is included in the first region, and a second data storage element(128) is included in the second region.