Michael Kohlman<p>FYI - The Monterey-Salinas IT department issued a RFI (Request For Information) this last Friday to gather data ahead of plans to replace our closed, proprietary GoPass Bus Pass with one that uses an open, non-proprietary cEMV solution.</p><p>RFI #26-01 can be found here.</p><p><a href="https://mst.org/about-mst/procurement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mst.org/about-mst/procurement/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a></p><p>(I'll be adding to this thread as I get time today on why this matters)</p>