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Philadelphia Launches Much-Delayed Open-Loop Service, as It Procures New Fare System
Philadelphia transit authority SEPTA launched its long-delayed open-loop payments service Friday under its existing contract…
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San Diego Transit Agency to Target Infrequent Riders with Open-Loop Payments–at Least at First
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, or MTS, and a smaller affiliated transit agency are…
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Hitachi Cleared to Buy Thales Transportation Unit, including Fare-Collection Business
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi this week cleared the final regulatory hurdle for its rail subsidiary to…
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Uber Expands Transit Ticketing, but First Agencies to Sell Tickets through App See Low Adoption
Despite continued interest from transit agencies in selling tickets and passes through the Uber app,…
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Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?
Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure…
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MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?
MaaS Global founder and CEO Sampo Hietanen disclosed this week that the mobility-as-a-service start-up has…
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Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business
Pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global plans to drop its B2C business model and will instead…
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Paris Transport Officials Announce New Ticketing Options for Olympics; Will They be Sufficient?
The recent announcement by French transport officials of their special fare passes and other ticketing…
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Incumbent Supplier Accenture Believed to have Won Toronto Contracts, Despite Efforts by Agency to Find New Vendors
Transit officials in Toronto are believed to have chosen to rehire their incumbent fare-system provider–IT…
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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…
Industry Insight
Building Flexibility into Fare-Collection Systems
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…
