An overhead tracking system for tracking validation events including a plurality of validation devices that wirelessly receive an access token from a fare media device and validate the access token. The system includes an overhead tracking sensor that continuously tracks a position of each of a plurality of users passing underneath the sensor and receives an indication from at least one of the validation devices upon a user having successfully validated the access token from a fare media device associated with the user. The sensor detects when a particular one of the plurality of users has crossed into a feedback zone and sends a command to one or more remote devices based on detecting that the user has crossed into the feedback zone. The command and the remote devices are selected based on whether the user has successfully validated the access token.