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Moscow Metro Launches Test of Facial Recognition Fare Payments Ahead of Rollout; Agency Says Masks Can Slow Verification

by Kiona SmithPosted on August 4, 2021 (August 4, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Facial Recognition, Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro announced that it is officially testing facial recognition-based fare payments at turnstiles, with plans to roll out the technology by the end of the year. [...]Read More

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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,…

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Trip-Planning App Transit Touts Ticketing Sales, though Results Vary by Agency

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 16, 2021 (October 11, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Transit app

The trip-planning Transit app announced that it has handled more than 1 million fare transactions since April 2019, when it started enabling ticketing and payments through its app. Although ticketing…

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Moovit Moves Forward to Enable Ticketing and Payments in App with More Transit Agencies

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 13, 2021 (July 26, 2021)Posted in Mobile Ticketing

Large trip-planning app provider Moovit has enabled customers of more than 50 mostly small transit agencies in the U.S. to buy mobile tickets it its app, with more agencies to…

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Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 9, 2021 (July 9, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cash, Masabi

Ohio-based NEORide consortium, a regional transit group that among other things, handles mobile-ticketing fare collection for 13 transit agencies in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan, is seeking…

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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. [...]Read More

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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. [...]Read More

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Updated: Making the Move into Ticketing and Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 5, 2021 (August 20, 2021)Posted in Cover Story, Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Mobile Ticketing, Moovit, Transit

Such major trip-planning app providers as Moovit, Transit and Google Maps see ticketing and payments as an important new service and for some, it’s one of the last steps toward…

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Google Expands Parking Payments to Another City as it Continues to Build Google Pay Fare Hub

by Kiona SmithPosted on June 12, 2021 (July 28, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Google Pay, ParkMobile

Google will enable users to pay for parking with U.S.-based parking locator and payments vendor ParkMobile within its Google Pay app starting this month in Atlanta, GA, as the search…

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Transit Agency Sells Passes for Bikes and Buses through Trip-Planning App, though Cash Still Reigns

by Kiona SmithPosted on June 5, 2021 (July 7, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged RTC of Southern Nevada, Transit app, Uber

RTC of Southern Nevada, the main transit agency serving Las Vegas and the surrounding region, now enables customers to buy passes for bike share in addition to tickets for buses…

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Category: Mobile Ticketing

Moscow Metro Launches Test of Facial Recognition Fare Payments Ahead of Rollout; Agency Says Masks Can Slow Verification

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

Trip-Planning App Transit Touts Ticketing Sales, though Results Vary by Agency

Moovit Moves Forward to Enable Ticketing and Payments in App with More Transit Agencies

Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

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

Updated: Making the Move into Ticketing and Payments

Google Expands Parking Payments to Another City as it Continues to Build Google Pay Fare Hub

Transit Agency Sells Passes for Bikes and Buses through Trip-Planning App, though Cash Still Reigns

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

Queensland Cites Cubic Delays, 50-Cent Fares, as Reasons for Changing Smart Ticketing Contract

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

Queensland Government Pulls Regional Bus Operators out of ‘Smart Ticketing’ Fare Project–a Loss for Cubic

Indra Executive Says Vendor would Not have Relied Only on Price to Beat Cubic in London

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

Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays

Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award