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Uber to Pilot Travel App in UK, Starting with Intercity Train and Bus Booking and Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 7, 2022 (April 15, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Uber

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…

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Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on April 6, 2022 (April 7, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Transit app

Using Transit app at vending machine in Dayton

The Transit app has recorded nearly 2.5 million ticketing transactions since it began enabling transit agency customers to buy tickets in its trip-planning app in 2019, the app provider told…

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Paris Transit Authority Confirms Plans to Launch Closed-Loop Navigo Cards on Android and Apple Devices

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 18, 2022 (July 21, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Île-de-France Mobilités, Navigo

Île-de-France Mobilités, the large Paris transit authority serving Paris and the surrounding region, has confirmed that a digital version of its Navigo closed-loop fare card will be available on both…

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Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 9, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic Transportation Systems, Milwaukee County Transit System

The Milwaukee County Transit System today announced its plans to launch its new fare-collection system using the Umo Mobility platform from Cubic Transportation Systems in the fall. The system will…

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Updated: Contract for New Fare-Collection System in Milwaukee Goes to Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 19, 2022 (January 28, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic Transportation Systems

Transit officials in Milwaukee, WI, plan to launch a new fare payments system and are believed to have chosen Cubic Transportation Systems’ software-as-a-service Umo platform for the project, Mobility Payments…

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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…

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Denver Transit Agency Sees Some Growth in Mobile Ticketing During Pandemic, but Not Large Increase

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 21, 2021 (December 22, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged RTD Denver, Uber

The Regional Transportation District, or RTD, of Denver, continues to see only modest increases in mobile ticketing from third-party apps, and overall use of mobile ticketing has not greatly expanded…

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Moscow Metro Sees Modest Take-Up in Use of Face Pay So Far; Repeats Prediction that Up to 15% of Regular Riders Will Use Service

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on December 6, 2021 (December 9, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro has 45,000 users of its Face Pay service since launching its rollout of facial recognition fare-payments in mid-October, the transit agency said today, in releasing more details about…

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Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on November 30, 2021 (July 7, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Spokane Transit Authority

The Spokane Transit Authority in Washington state confirmed that it will launch its new fare-collection system next October, though only as a beta test to begin with, a spokesman told…

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Collaboration with Uber and Lyft: Two Years on, Transactions Remain Low; Suspicions Run High over Data Sharing

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 18, 2021 (November 19, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, Uber

When the Regional Transportation District of Denver began enabling Uber to sell its bus and train tickets in May 2019-in the first integration of its kind in the world-it was…

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Category: Mobile Ticketing

Uber to Pilot Travel App in UK, Starting with Intercity Train and Bus Booking and Ticketing

Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

Paris Transit Authority Confirms Plans to Launch Closed-Loop Navigo Cards on Android and Apple Devices

Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

Updated: Contract for New Fare-Collection System in Milwaukee Goes to Cubic

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

Denver Transit Agency Sees Some Growth in Mobile Ticketing During Pandemic, but Not Large Increase

Moscow Metro Sees Modest Take-Up in Use of Face Pay So Far; Repeats Prediction that Up to 15% of Regular Riders Will Use Service

Updated: U.S. Transit Agency Seeks to Reduce–Though Not Eliminate–Cash Acceptance with New Fare-Collection System

Collaboration with Uber and Lyft: Two Years on, Transactions Remain Low; Suspicions Run High over Data Sharing

Canada’s BC Transit Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments, as Cubic Seeks to Keep Pace in SaaS-Ticketing Market

Seoul to Support Open-Loop Payments by Next Year on Buses, 2027 on Metro

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Tip Sheet: Cubic Believed to be Sole Vendor in Running for Sydney Deal; TfL: Revenue-Collection Procurement Not Over Yet; Madrid Seeks ABT System

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Review of New Zealand National Fare Project Predicts More ‘Significant Delays’ and Likely Cost Overruns; Government in ‘Commercial' Talks with Cubic, Others

One Year On: Denmark’s Bold Mobile-First Strategy has Reached Nearly 50% Adoption; Getting the Rest Could be More Difficult

Updated: Cubic Short-Listed for Must-Win Sydney Contract; Hitachi Rail, Others, Believed Out