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Saskatoon Transit is looking for a developer to create a mobile fare payment app it expects to become a “key piece” of its system of revenue collection.

The transit department wants the app to allow users to create accounts which they would use to purchase single fares, monthly passes or weekly, event and corporate passes. The city put out a request for proposals on May 1; the period to submit proposals is expected to close on May 30.

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The app would also give parents the ability to buy fares for their children and would allow users to create registered or anonymous accounts.

“ST (Saskatoon Transit) envisions that this account will be able to foster and support a stronger relationship with ST’s customers,” the document said.

The app would also be used as proof of payment with a bar code display.

It would also, however, give Saskatoon Transit geolocation information about the riders’ trips from origin to destination.