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Passport to Shut Down Transit-Ticketing Business at Year’s End as It Focuses on Parking

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged ,
Jacksonville, FL, app
U.S.-based Passport Labs confirmed that it will shut down its mobile transit-ticketing business and end all support for its platform at the end of this year, as it quietly exits the ticketing market segment. [...]

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In-Depth: Transit Agency that Pioneered Open-Loop Payments in U.S. Plans to Roll Out Technology–Again

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Open LoopTagged
Salt Lake City light rail
The Utah Transit Authority in Salt Lake City plans to overhaul its fare-collection system, including supporting open-loop payments and launching a new mobile app. [...]

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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Closed LoopTagged ,
NYC Subway-Times Square station
Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses and other vehicles or plan to do so. [...]

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Open LoopTagged
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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U.S. Agency Bypassed Low-Cost Suppliers in Awarding Fare-Collection System Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Closed LoopTagged ,
UTA train-bus
The Utah Transit Authority received responses from eight vendors to its request for proposal for a new fare system, with five of the vendors submitting lower cost bids than the vendor the authority ended up choosing for the contract, documents obtained by...
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