# NEORide Annual Meeting & Summit 2026

> The annual gathering of NEORide, the multi-state transit council behind the EZfare regional fare payment system.

September 8-9, 2026 (2026-09-08 to 2026-09-09).
Location: Cincinnati, OH.
Organizer: NEORide.
Official site: https://reg.eventmobi.com/neoride2026
Canonical: https://its-feed.com/events/neoride-annual-meeting-2026/

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NEORide is a council of governments that lets transit agencies pool their buying power
and run shared projects. The most visible is EZfare, a regional mobile fare-payment app
used across member systems in Ohio and neighboring states. The 2026 Annual Meeting and
Summit is September 8-9 at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, with Cincinnati Metro and TANK
hosting.

## Why it matters for the data layer

NEORide is a working answer to the interoperability problem, reached through cooperation
instead of a single vendor. Getting one fare app to work across a dozen independent
agencies means agreeing on data: fare products, account structures, and the interfaces
between back offices, all while each agency keeps setting its own fares and policies.
Members also meet one-on-one with the vendors NEORide holds under contract, which is
where the integration details actually get settled.

The summit is aimed at the small and mid-size operators who cannot each build this
alone, which is most of the country. If you think about fare data or regional
coordination, it is a useful field report on what holds together across agency lines.

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