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‘It was Theirs to Lose’: A Look at Cubic’s Surprising Loss of Key U.S. Fare Project after Tight Competition with INIT

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 27, 2024 (February 28, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MARTA

Large fare-system supplier Cubic Transportation Systems was ahead on points over second-ranked vendor INIT after the first round of competition last summer for a contract to provide the Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority with a completely new fare system,...

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U.S. Transit Agency with Strong Closed-Loop Program Wants More Riders to Use Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 22, 2022 (December 23, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, TriMet

U.S. transit agency TriMet of Portland, Ore., introduced open-loop payments at the same time it launched its contactless closed-loop Hop Fastpass card, in July 2017. But it promoted Hop much more than open loop for years, and not surprisingly, the closed-loop...

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Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2022 (November 2, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

Despite significant costs for handling cash, very few transit agencies in the U.S. have eliminated cash from their fare-collection systems. But the head of one small bus agency in South Carolina, which recently launched open-loop payments, says he plans to...

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Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (December 14, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Card at terminal, Monterey-Salinas Transit

Visa has quietly introduced a new interchange category for transit agencies in California, Mobility Payments has learned. If rolled out nationally and across more card types, the changes could substantially reduce the high fees that agencies pay to accept...

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California Issues Notice of Intent to Award Contracts to Vendors for Planned Statewide Open-Loop Payments Rollout

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 15, 2021 (December 16, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

California state officials late Tuesday released a list of seven bidders it intends to award contracts to for the supply of core technology for the state’s ambitious plan to help more than 300 transit agencies roll out open-loop fare payments statewide....

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Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on September 22, 2021 (September 23, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged DART, OMNY, TriMet, Vix Technology

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, has become the latest transit agency in the U.S. to accept contactless open-loop payments, joining just four other U.S. agencies that support the technology, not counting small open-loop pilots happening in California....

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NFC Wallets Make Up Growing Share of Contactless Payments on London Transit

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 6, 2021)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Transport for London

Use of NFC wallets continues to steadily increase as part of Transport for London’s landmark contactless payments service, with payments from NFC-enabled smartphones and smartwatches now accounting for 20% of all contactless payments, NFC Times has learned....

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Miami Latest U.S. City to Introduce Open-Loop Transit Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 6, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami-Dade Transit

Transit officials in Miami-Dade County, Fla. are the latest in the U.S. to introduce open-loop payments of fares with contactless credit and debit cards and bank card credentials on NFC wallets, launching the service in August 2019 on the city's relatively...

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Apple Pay Enables Ventra Closed-Loop Fare Card in Chicago after Long Delay

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 17, 2020 (November 18, 2020)Posted in Open Loop

Apple has enabled the Chicago Transit Authority to offer a virtual Ventra card for use by customers to pay for fares with Apple Pay. [...]

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‘It was Theirs to Lose’: A Look at Cubic’s Surprising Loss of Key U.S. Fare Project after Tight Competition with INIT

U.S. Transit Agency with Strong Closed-Loop Program Wants More Riders to Use Open Loop

Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

California Issues Notice of Intent to Award Contracts to Vendors for Planned Statewide Open-Loop Payments Rollout

Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

NFC Wallets Make Up Growing Share of Contactless Payments on London Transit

Miami Latest U.S. City to Introduce Open-Loop Transit Payments

Apple Pay Enables Ventra Closed-Loop Fare Card in Chicago after Long Delay

Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal

Tip Sheet: Cubic Lays Off More Employees; Contends It Needs to 'Become Leaner' and More Competitive

Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping

Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

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