
Open Loop View All
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…
Taipei Finally Agrees to Support Open-Loop Payments, though Service Could be Tough Sell to Regular Riders
The Taipei Metro, a major transit operator in Asia, plans to launch open-loop payments around…
Mobile Ticketing View All
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,…
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…
Denmark on Track to Launch Nationwide Mobile Ticketing; Would It Fly in Other Countries?
Transit officials in Denmark plan to launch the first version of their national mobile-ticketing app…
MaaS View All
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…
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…
Closed Loop View All
Cubic Appoints New President for Fare Business Division, as It Prepares for Possible Sale
Cubic Corp., the largest supplier of fare-collection systems globally, has hired a new top executive…
Text of Letter to Top Official in Melbourne Details Cubic Attack on Conduent's Credentials
Top Cubic executives accused government procurement officials in Melbourne of failing to independently verify rival…
Industry Insight View All
Avoiding the Interchange Squeeze
Open-loop payment systems are a simple and consumer-friendly option for public transit agencies. They are…
Building Flexibility into Fare-Collection Systems
Contactless EMV payments are being recognized the world over as an essential way to modernize…