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Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal

A contract award to Czech Republic-based vendor Mikroelektronika for a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, is on hold as officials handle an appeal from the vendor that…
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Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to 'Become Leaner' and More Competitive

Cubic Transportation Systems is laying off more employees in an effort, it says, to “become leaner and more responsive” to the market, Mobility Payments has learned. The U.S.-based vendor, the…
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Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping

taly’s national rail operator, Trenitalia, has launched an open-loop pilot with broad fare-capping options in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, on a rail line between the cities of Verona…
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Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

Denmark’s national transport ticketing system provider announced Tuesday it had hit the first milestone in its project to replace its closed-loop travel card with a GPS-based mobile-ticketing app. The announcement…
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Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal
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Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to 'Become Leaner' and More Competitive
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Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping
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Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

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Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal

Dan Balaban - Apr 18, 2024
A contract award to Czech Republic-based vendor Mikroelektronika for a new fare system in Sweden’s…
Trenitalia
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Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping

Dan Balaban - Apr 11, 2024
taly’s national rail operator, Trenitalia, has launched an open-loop pilot with broad fare-capping options in…

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Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

Dan Balaban - Apr 10, 2024
Denmark’s national transport ticketing system provider announced Tuesday it had hit the first milestone in…
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Large Fare-Collection Company in Korea Seeks to Roll Out Hands-Free Ticketing at Busy Metro Stations

Dan Balaban - Mar 25, 2024
South Korean fare-collection and e-purse scheme Tmoney has implemented hands-free mobile ticketing on one gated…
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Denmark’s Much-Anticipated Mobile-Ticketing App Will Launch as Pilot This Year before Backers Seek to Scale It Up

Dan Balaban - Mar 08, 2024
Danish fare-collection company Rejsekort & Rejseplan, or RKRP, plans to launch a pilot of its…

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From Guru to Poster Child for MaaS’ Failures, Whim App Founder Calls it Quits

Dan Balaban - Mar 15, 2024
Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of high-profile mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global this evening issued some…
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MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?

Dan Balaban - Nov 04, 2022
MaaS Global founder and CEO Sampo Hietanen disclosed this week that the mobility-as-a-service start-up has…

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Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to 'Become Leaner' and More Competitive

Dan Balaban - Apr 15, 2024
Cubic Transportation Systems is laying off more employees in an effort, it says, to “become…
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Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Dan Balaban - Apr 08, 2024
As Mobility Payments reported late last month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been issuing…

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Avoiding the Interchange Squeeze

Kevin Burgess - Jan 18, 2023
Open-loop payment systems are a simple and consumer-friendly option for public transit agencies. They are…
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Building Flexibility into Fare-Collection Systems

Amin Shayan - Oct 06, 2021
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…