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Paris has been one of the largest cities globally to refrain from launching open-loop payments, claiming the costs are too high and closed-loop digital was a better option. But pressure is building for Paris to move on the technology.
IDFM officials have countered that it would cost taxpayers about €100 million (US$117 million) in capital expenditures alone to roll out open-loop acceptance. But €100 million is too high an estimate, say some fare industry observers.
• IDFM (Paris)
• RATP (France)
• SNCF (France)
• WMATA (Wash., D.C.)
• RTM (Marseille)
• TfL (London)
Claude Camilli, a longtime ticketing official with Paris transport authority, Île-de-France Mobilités, when asked last week why the authority doesn’t support open-loop payments, responded that costs are too high. He added that the authority had decided a better option for customers was for IDFM to expand use of closed-loop payments with smartphones, he told Mobility Payments.
It’s a common refrain by transport-ticketing officials in Paris, which remains one of the few European capitals that has declined to launch open loop as a payments option.
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