Japanese conglomerate Hitachi this week cleared the final regulatory hurdle for its rail subsidiary to go forward with plans for a €1.7 billion (US$1.8 billion) acquisition of France-based Thales Ground Transportation Systems. GTS includes the Thales fare-system supplier business. […]
Despite continued interest from transit agencies in selling tickets and passes through the Uber app, the first agencies to make the move are not seeing strong adoption. […]
Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure new fare or ticketing systems, hoping to get a better deal from vendors than the agencies could on their own. […]
Transit officials in Denmark plan to launch the first version of their national mobile-ticketing app this spring for single rides, before introducing a full pay-as-you-go version next year. […]
Transit officials in Denmark have qualified a list of eight suppliers to compete for five vendor slots to provide technology or services for the country’s planned DKK 500 million (US$65.2 million) national mobile-ticketing system, Mobility Payments has learned. […]
The Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, in Dubai has been evaluating proposals from at least five vendors for the overhaul of its fare-collection system, Mobility Payments has learned. […]
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. […]
The Utah Transit Authority, or UTA, has hired a new mobile-ticketing vendor to replace its current supplier, Passport Labs, which is exiting the ticketing market at the end of the year. […]
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. […]
Uber announced Wednesday that it would enable users of its ride-hailing app in the UK to also book and pay for tickets for intercity trains and coaches this summer, along with booking of car rentals. Plans call for adding airline and cross-channel train tickets later this year. […]
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