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title: 'Ticket to ride: GlobeSherpa unveils TriMet mobile-phone-based ticketing system'
date: '2013-05-13T14:58:27-07:00'
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  - Oregon
  - Portland
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  - globesherpa
  - tickets
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# Ticket to ride: GlobeSherpa unveils TriMet mobile-phone-based ticketing system

If you carry a smart phone, struggling with [TriMet](http://trimet.org/ "TriMet") ticket machines could be a thing of the past. [The Oregonian](http://oregonlive.com "The Oregonian") was on hand when [Portland startup GlobeSherpa debuted their mobile-phone-based ticketing system](http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/05/trimet_unveils_e-ticket_app_fr.html "TriMet unveils e-ticket app from Portland's GlobeSherpa, says technology is future of fares").

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For more information on the launch, read [The Oregonian post](http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/05/trimet_unveils_e-ticket_app_fr.html "TriMet unveils e-ticket app from Portland's GlobeSherpa, says technology is future of fares"). For more on the company, visit [GlobeSherpa](http://globesherpa.com "GlobeSherpa").