Open Loop Archives - Page 15 of 29

Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (August 11, 2023)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged SEPTA

For years, Philadelphia transit authority SEPTA was supposed to be the next big agency in North America to support open-loop payments. Now it appears that a launch of open loop…

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Transit Operator in No. 2 Dutch City Launches Open Loop; Last Major Provider to Join Nationwide Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 12, 2023 (April 13, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands

RET, a bus, tram and metro operator serving the second-largest city in the Netherlands, Rotterdam, today announced it was beginning to accept open-loop payments. It’s the last major public transit…

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Dutch Transit Agencies Plan to Move Forward Linking Concessions to Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 6, 2023 (April 7, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands

Transit agencies in the Netherlands have released more details about their plans to support concessionary fares and other popular discounts with open-loop payments, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]Read More

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Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Mifare, OMNY, OVpay, Stockholm

Transit agency Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched what is believed to be the industry’s first rollout of white-label EMV cards for its closed-loop customers in September 2021. To…

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Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief: Open Loop Will Have Only ‘Marginal Impact’ on Island Nation

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (April 2, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged EasyCard, Taiwan

The head of Taiwan’s largest transit and retail stored-value card contends that open-loop payments will not make a significant impact on the island nation, given Taiwan’s strong closed-loop card programs…

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Toronto’s Largest Transit Operator, TTC, to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Mid-2023

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 23, 2023 (August 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Toronto

Riders of the largest public transit operator in Canada’s biggest city, the Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, will finally get an open-loop payments option by mid-2023. That will include the…

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In-Depth: Low Bid to Italian Agency’s Open-Loop Tender Came in Well Below Estimates

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 14, 2023 (March 14, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged AVM, Procurement models

After the pandemic, AVM, the Italian public transit agency that runs buses, trams, water buses and shuttles in Venice, Italy, wanted a low-cost, low-risk way to introduce open-loop payments to…

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Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 6, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Visa

Open-loop payments is perhaps the hottest fare-payments technology around today. But getting reliable estimates on just how large the open-loop footprint is has proved to be difficult. [...]Read More

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In-Depth: Open Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Sees Few Orders or Launches During First Year; Backers Contend More Projects in Pipeline

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 6, 2023 (May 18, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

California’s bold experiment into helping transit agencies procure technology to launch open-loop payments is off to a slow start, with only eight agencies–most very small–placing orders with state-vetted vendors through…

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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Looks to U.S. Federal Agency to Find More Validator Suppliers

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2023 (March 7, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, wants to find more suppliers of validators that can accept open-loop payments, and it has asked a U.S. federal agency for assistance, Mobility…

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Category: Open Loop

Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

Transit Operator in No. 2 Dutch City Launches Open Loop; Last Major Provider to Join Nationwide Service

Dutch Transit Agencies Plan to Move Forward Linking Concessions to Open-Loop Payments

Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief: Open Loop Will Have Only ‘Marginal Impact’ on Island Nation

Toronto’s Largest Transit Operator, TTC, to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Mid-2023

In-Depth: Low Bid to Italian Agency’s Open-Loop Tender Came in Well Below Estimates

Special Report: Visa’s Marketing Message on Open-Loop Projects–Does It Add Up?

In-Depth: Open Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Sees Few Orders or Launches During First Year; Backers Contend More Projects in Pipeline

California Open-Loop Procurement Program Looks to U.S. Federal Agency to Find More Validator Suppliers

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Backers of Dutch OVpay Project Again Push Back Date to Retire 20-Year-Old Mifare Card; but White-Label Replacement is Coming

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

Tip Sheet (Updated): Stockholm to Replace Validators; More Ex-‘Cubes’ Looking for Jobs; Open Loop on Ho Chi Minh City Metro–One Year On

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

Exclusive: Masabi, Moovel and Indra Object to Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Miami's Back-Office Contract

Transit Agencies Spending Millions to Replace Gates; Suppliers See an Opportunity