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Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 27, 2024 (February 17, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond will be watching to see whether a recent gambit by major agency Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to hire small Australia-based payments service provider Littlepay over its large incumbent supplier,...

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Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 7, 2024 (December 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, has selected small payments service provider Littlepay to roll out its “open-payment overlay project, Mobility Payments has learned. It’s a surprising choice for the low-cost but...

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Three Years on, Results are Mixed for California’s Bold Move into Modularity for Open-Loop Procurements

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 5, 2025 (March 6, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

After three years of operations, the California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, the state’s program that in part seeks to help mostly small transit agencies in California and elsewhere in the U.S. to purchase open-loop technology–has shown mixed...

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In-Depth: Cubic Gets Must-Win Contract in Philadelphia, Beating Accenture on Price; Incumbent Conduent Sent Packing

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 27, 2025 (March 3, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Philadelphia, SEPTA

Cubic Transportation Systems, as expected, won a major fare-system contract from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in Philadelphia, with the SEPTA board approving a $211 million deal Thursday. It was considered a must-win contract for...

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Updated: Small U.S. Transit Agency Decides Not to Save Much-Used Closed-Loop Card; Replaces It with Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 7, 2025 (January 31, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

A small U.S. transit agency in northeastern Pennsylvania has launched open-loop payments, with plans to shut down its closed-loop card program, which is used for more than half of its rides but which would have required a major overhaul. The agency, the...

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Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 9, 2024 (December 10, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

Open-loop transaction value doubled for a small California bus agency last month, although credit and debit card payments still represented a small share of total fare revenue, Mobility Payments has learned. The gains for Humboldt Transit Authority, in far...

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Tip Sheet: Will Conduent Put Its Transit Fare-Collection Business on Sale Again?

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 31, 2024 (February 17, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Conduent, Denmark, WMATA

Conduent, a major fare-system vendor, may again be shopping for a buyer for its fare-collection business, sources told Mobility Payments, though the company has not announced it is planning to sell the unit, and a spokesman did not respond to a request for...

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Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 9, 2024 (December 8, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cubic

Cubic Transportation Systems’ new business unit, Mobility Essentials, which will oversee the vendor’s software-as-a-service ticketing platform, Umo, will also offer an open-loop payments product that has yet to launch, Mobility Payments has learned. The...

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Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 2, 2024 (December 4, 2024)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, SEPTA, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, one of the largest subway operators in the U.S., has narrowed its procurement for an open-loop payments project to a short list containing as few as two vendors, Mobility Payments has...

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Tip Sheet: Cubic Faces Major Test in Holding onto Sydney Fare Project; Rumors Say It May Partner with Another Major Vendor

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 5, 2024 (November 11, 2024)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

With tenders due next month for Sydney’s much-anticipated Opal Next-Generation fare project, attention has turned to the fate of incumbent vendor Cubic Transportation Systems. Cubic is not believed to be held in the highest regard by Transport for New...

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Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

Three Years on, Results are Mixed for California’s Bold Move into Modularity for Open-Loop Procurements

In-Depth: Cubic Gets Must-Win Contract in Philadelphia, Beating Accenture on Price; Incumbent Conduent Sent Packing

Updated: Small U.S. Transit Agency Decides Not to Save Much-Used Closed-Loop Card; Replaces It with Open Loop

Small Transit Agency Buying Through Cal-ITP Sees Open-Loop Transaction Value Climb

Tip Sheet: Will Conduent Put Its Transit Fare-Collection Business on Sale Again?

Cubic Planning Open-Loop Payments Product as Part of New Business Unit

Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project

Tip Sheet: Cubic Faces Major Test in Holding onto Sydney Fare Project; Rumors Say It May Partner with Another Major Vendor

Denmark Says It’s One-Third of the Way Toward Hitting Goal of Nearly Universal Adoption of Mobile-Ticketing App

UK Government Plans to Trial GPS Mobile Ticketing on Rail Despite Expansion of Open Loop

Transit App Introduces First-of-Its-Kind Feature Telling Users Where They Can Pay with Open Loop

Cubic Wins Lawsuit Against LA Metro Seeking to Prevent Agency from Releasing ‘Confidential’ Pricing Information

Three Years on, Results are Mixed for California’s Bold Move into Modularity for Open-Loop Procurements

UK Government Plans to Trial GPS Mobile Ticketing on Rail Despite Expansion of Open Loop

Transit App Introduces First-of-Its-Kind Feature Telling Users Where They Can Pay with Open Loop

Scheidt & Bachmann Believed to have Lost U.S. Contract, though Few Details Leak about Likely Termination of Deal

In-Depth: Cubic Lays Out Arguments for Suing LA Metro in Case of 'Secret' Pricing Data

Conduent Says Its Melbourne Fare Project is ‘Progressing Well'; That’s Not Exactly the Consensus Opinion in Victoria