INIT, Innovations in Transportation Inc. was presented the 2018 Innovative Solutions Award for the delivery of the TriMet open payment Hop Fastpass® system. The award was presented on October 3, at the Indianapolis Convention Center during the Annual BusCon Conference. The Hop Fastpass® project, launched in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area in July 2017, was the first in the world to integrate a regional, account-based, virtual transit fare card through Google Pay.