PICS Success Story: Beaufort County
| Customer: |
Beaufort County Emergency Management Division
(BCEMD) designs and executes emergency plans for any hurricane, natural and man-made disasters in the Beaufort County. BCEMD currently serves a population of
120,000 people. |
| Challenge: |
BCEMD needed to produce 6,000 highly secure disaster re-entry cards. As a small county, they
needed to produce security passes on a low budget. |
| PICS Solution: |
After considering all options, PICS provided an alternative card printing method using
litho-press cards with microprinting. |
| Results: |
The results show that the litho-press cards are exceeding Beaufort's expectations, which include
cost-per card, speed and security. |
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PICS Success Story: U-Pass Student Transit Pass
| Customer: |
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (Translink), the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU) |
| Challenge: |
Ridership on public transit in North America is rapidly expanding, necessitating the need for secure fare media systems to be in place to ensure the success and implementation of planned and future growth. |
| PICS Solution: |
Custom software was developed for Translink and licensed from PICS SmartCard. It guaranteed the viability of a secure fare media and was put into place to facilitate the success of the U-Pass program. |
| Results: |
The goals of reducing single occupancy vehicle trips and vehicle emissions, increasing transit usage, incubating a transit culture among students, and providing affordable transportation options to students have all been met or surpassed. Subsequently, the PICS Solution has been utilized by Translink to issue passes outside of the U-Pass program to employers, government, and the community with annual revenues in excess of $35 million dollars. |
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