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MTA Official Asks Payments Networks for Lower Fees to Accept Open Loop with New Transit Interchange Rate

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 17, 2024 (August 7, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare official Amy Linden today called on U.S. payments networks to set a uniform transit interchange rate that reduces high fixed fees most agencies must pay to accept open-loop payments. “(It’s) something...

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In-Depth: New York’s MTA Takes Away Part of OMNY Project from Cubic; Seeks Completion of Rollout by Close of 2025

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 22, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA, OMNY

New York transit authority MTA today took a key part of its high-profile OMNY fare system away from its main technology vendor, Cubic Transportation Systems, as it seeks to complete OMNY over the next 18 months. The board of the Metropolitan Transportation...

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New York’s MTA Celebrates Billionth OMNY Transaction as It Seeks to Put Project Back on Track

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 1, 2023 (October 4, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority last week marked the billionth OMNY transaction, with MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber speaking at a press conference at the subway station where the landmark tap occurred. He touted the OMNY contactless...

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New York’s MTA Says OMNY Rollout Falls Further Behind Schedule; Cites Poor Vendor Quality Control, Other Issues

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 27, 2022 (November 1, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA

Officials with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week said the rollout of its OMNY fare-collection system has fallen further behind schedule and isn’t expected to see “substantial completion” until the fourth quarter of...

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New York’s MTA OMNY Service Continues to Grow as Agency Preps Further Rollout This Year

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 5, 2021 (March 3, 2022)Posted in New Takes-MTA MilestonesTagged MTA

As New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority marked the two-year anniversary since launching the first phase of its high-profile OMNY open-loop fare payments rollout in May 2019, transactions continue to grow. Riders were tapping for more than 17%...

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Port Authority in U.S. Plans to Replace Aging Fare Gates; Project Seeks to Limit Fare Evasion

by Timothy SunderlandPosted on July 12, 2026 (July 13, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Fare gates, PATH

Port Authority Trans-Hudson, also known as PATH, is one of the latest U.S. transit operators planning to replace its fare gates. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns PATH, plans to release a request for proposal to install 318 fare gates...

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San Francisco Bay Area Transit Operators Urge MTC to ‘Pursue all Contractual Remedies’ to Recover Lost Revenue, Costs for Clipper Problems

by Dan Balaban and Timothy SunderlandPosted on July 1, 2026 (July 7, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged San Francisco

Nine public transit operators, including the four largest serving the San Francisco Bay Area, signed a strongly worded letter calling for transport agency MTC to “pursue all contractual remedies against Cubic Transportation Systems to recover lost fare...

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Ex-Cubic President Torrellas Lands at Supply Chain Risk Management Company after Unsuccessful Three-Year Run at CTS

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 26, 2026 (July 1, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic Transportation Systems

Peter Torrellas, whose nearly three-year stint as president of the industry’s largest fare-system vendor ended last week, was named CEO of U.S.-based supply-chain risk management software and services company apexanalytix. The company announced the...

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SaaS-Ticketing Vendors Begin to Bring Open-Loop Payments to Small and Mid-Tier Transit Agencies in North America

by Dan Balaban and Timothy SunderlandPosted on May 18, 2026 (June 24, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged SaaS Ticketing

The Milwaukee County Transit System, or MCTS, last month became one of the latest transit agencies to launch credit and debit card and mobile wallet acceptance from its SaaS ticketing supplier’s platform–part of a trend that is starting to enable more...

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Sydney Open-Loop Concession System Will be Available to Nearly a Million Riders, as Interest Grows in Technology

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 30, 2026 (May 29, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Concessions, Sydney

Transport for New South Wales in Sydney, one of the largest users of open-loop payments globally, plans to enable nearly a million riders get their concessionary discounts while tapping credit and debit cards and open-loop credentials in digital wallets. The...

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MTA Official Asks Payments Networks for Lower Fees to Accept Open Loop with New Transit Interchange Rate

In-Depth: New York’s MTA Takes Away Part of OMNY Project from Cubic; Seeks Completion of Rollout by Close of 2025

New York’s MTA Celebrates Billionth OMNY Transaction as It Seeks to Put Project Back on Track

New York’s MTA Says OMNY Rollout Falls Further Behind Schedule; Cites Poor Vendor Quality Control, Other Issues

New York’s MTA OMNY Service Continues to Grow as Agency Preps Further Rollout This Year

Port Authority in U.S. Plans to Replace Aging Fare Gates; Project Seeks to Limit Fare Evasion

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Operators Urge MTC to ‘Pursue all Contractual Remedies’ to Recover Lost Revenue, Costs for Clipper Problems

Ex-Cubic President Torrellas Lands at Supply Chain Risk Management Company after Unsuccessful Three-Year Run at CTS

SaaS-Ticketing Vendors Begin to Bring Open-Loop Payments to Small and Mid-Tier Transit Agencies in North America

Sydney Open-Loop Concession System Will be Available to Nearly a Million Riders, as Interest Grows in Technology

Port Authority in U.S. Plans to Replace Aging Fare Gates; Project Seeks to Limit Fare Evasion

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Operators Urge MTC to ‘Pursue all Contractual Remedies’ to Recover Lost Revenue, Costs for Clipper Problems

In-Depth: Who is Behind Little-Known Company Serving as Key Subcontractor for Winning Vendor of Sydney Contract?

Ex-Cubic President Torrellas Lands at Supply Chain Risk Management Company after Unsuccessful Three-Year Run at CTS

Cubic Could Face Penalties for Problem-Plagued Next-Generation Clipper Rollout in San Francisco

In-Depth: Who is Behind Little-Known Company Serving as Key Subcontractor for Winning Vendor of Sydney Contract?

Cubic Could Face Penalties for Problem-Plagued Next-Generation Clipper Rollout in San Francisco

In-Depth: LA Metro Launches Open Loop in Time for World Cup; Last Top 10 U.S. Transit Agency to Support Technology

Montgomery-Torrellas Resigns as Cubic Transportation Systems President; Cubic Corp. CEO to Take Over as Interim Chief

Ex-Cubic Executives Worked on Winning Bid for INIT in Sydney, Helping Smaller Cubic Rival Score Major Upset