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Denmark Plans National Mobile-Ticketing System; Will Retire Closed-Loop Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 26, 2022 (October 11, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark, Fairtiq, Rejsekort

Denmark plans to introduce a national mobile transit-ticketing system that will eventually replace the country’s closed-loop contactless card, Rejsekort, and perhaps other physical fare media. [...]

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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

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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Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

by Dan Balaban and Kiona SmithPosted on September 22, 2021 (September 23, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Be-in/Be-out, Editor's Choice, Fairtiq, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

It’s no secret that interest is growing in “touchless transit” in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. So technologies that enable fully hands-free fare payments, letting passengers be-in/be-out, or BIBO, are getting a serious look–as transit agencies...

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Case Study: German City First to Go Live with Check-in/be-out System in Country

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 23, 2021 (September 2, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged CIBO, Hamburg, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

Despite the growing popularity of contactless, NFC and QR-code technologies for electronic fare-collection systems, some transit agencies are experimenting with other technologies to collect fares. That includes Germany’s Stadtwerke Osnabrück, which...

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Fare System Supplier: Check-in/Be-out Systems Have Advantages Some Transit Agencies Looking for

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 8, 2021 (July 23, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Check-in/Be-out, Porto, Scheidt and Bachmann

The city of Hamburg, Germany, will launch a Bluetooth Low Energy-based “check in, be out” fare collection system on its buses and trains later this year. [...]

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SaaS Ticketing Vendor Sees Pent Up Market Demand for Mobile Ticketing

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 7, 2021 (April 7, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Bytemark

It comes as little surprise that demand for mobile ticketing by transit agencies has soared at the same time ridership plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

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Denmark Plans National Mobile-Ticketing System; Will Retire Closed-Loop Cards

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

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

Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

Case Study: German City First to Go Live with Check-in/be-out System in Country

Fare System Supplier: Check-in/Be-out Systems Have Advantages Some Transit Agencies Looking for

SaaS Ticketing Vendor Sees Pent Up Market Demand for Mobile Ticketing

Small Dutch Start-Up that Bought MaaS Global Assets Says It Can Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Defeated Whim App

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

Cubic Wins Appeal in Denmark, as Officials Cancel One of the Contracts for National Mobile-Ticketing System

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