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Irish Fare System Announcement Moved to Monday; Spain’s Indra Believed to Have Submitted Low Bid
Ireland’s National Transport Authority has pushed back the long-anticipated announcement of its large fare-system contract…
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Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is believed to be looking at introducing open-loop…
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Cubic Wins Appeal in Denmark, as Officials Cancel One of the Contracts for National Mobile-Ticketing System
Denmark’s Complaints Board for Public Procurement took the rare step of annulling a contract approved…
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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…
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Large Fare-Collection Company in Korea Seeks to Roll Out Hands-Free Ticketing at Busy Metro Stations
South Korean fare-collection and e-purse scheme Tmoney has implemented hands-free mobile ticketing on one gated…
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Small Dutch Start-Up that Bought MaaS Global Assets Says It Can Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Defeated Whim App
The small Dutch start-up that bought pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global from a bankruptcy administrator…
From Guru to Poster Child for MaaS’ Failures, Whim App Founder Calls it Quits
Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of high-profile mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global this evening issued some…
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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…
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Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?
As Mobility Payments reported late last month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been issuing…
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Avoiding the Interchange Squeeze
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
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…
