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Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 17, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Infineon, Ultra-wideband

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Demand for hands-free (or nearly hands-free) ticketing has been growing, using such technologies as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS to enable customers to board buses and trains with only a swipe of their finger in a smartphone app to check-in and check-out....

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Large German Transit Operator to Test Check-In/Check-Out App, as Pandemic Increases Demand for Mobile Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 16, 2021 (November 17, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged BVG, Fairtiq, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

BVG, Germany’s largest transit operator, still plans to launch a test of a check-in/check-out mobile-ticketing service this year, as it continues to experiment with new fare payments methods amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

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Germany’s Largest Transit Operator Continues with Large Open-Loop Pilot on Buses; No Decision Yet on Rollout

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 9, 2021 (September 9, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Berlin, BVG

Germany’s largest transit operator, BVG, said it’s pilot of contactless EMV payments extends to all of its nearly 1,500 buses, and the company has eliminated cash acceptance on board the vehicles, a spokesman confirmed to Mobility Payments. But officials...

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MaaS Global Gets Much-Needed Funding, as It Continues to Navigate Difficult Mobility-as-a-Service Market

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 26, 2021 (September 2, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global, Whim

The CEO of MaaS Global, developer of the pioneering mobility-as-a-service app Whim, said the company’s latest capital infusion of €11 million (US$12.9 million), will help the start-up expand into a “selected markets” and provide capital for continuing...

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Cubic’s MaaS Point Man: Control of MaaS Apps by VC-Funded Start-Ups Coming to an End; Whim App Chief: Not So Fast

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 4, 2021 (August 5, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Cubic, Editor's Choice, MaaS Global

Andy Taylor, senior director, global strategy for Cubic Transportation Systems contended that the MaaS market is at a crossroads and could fail if it doesn’t change course, including putting cities and public agencies firmly in the “driving seat” of...

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MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (August 8, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Cubic, MaaS Global, Sampo Hietanen

Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of Finland-based MaaS Global agrees with most other industry experts that public transit should form the “core” of the mobility services on offer in any mobility-as-a-service app or platform. But he contends that it would...

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Government Regulation of Mobility-as-a-Service Seen as Necessary to Encourage Widespread Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 3, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Grab, MaaS Global, Masabi, RTD Denver, Uber

(This premium article was originally published in April 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) Government legislation will likely be needed for widespread adoption of mobility-as-a-service, or MaaS, to occur, [...]

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