Brussels Transit Operator Sees Need for Global Interoperability of Fare Payments
Brussels transit operator STIB is rolling out contactless EMV Payments on its three modes of transport, metro, bus and trams this spring. [...]Read More
Transport for London’s Lucrative Sponsorship Deal with Google Shows Value of ‘Point of Sale’ Real Estate at Fare Gates
(This premium article was originally published March 4, 2020 in Mobility Payments’ sister publication NFC Times.) Transport for London’s recent deal with Google to put the Google Pay Logo on…
Transport Officials in Sydney See Growing Demand for Contactless Fare Payments but Have No Plans to Retire Closed-Loop Opal
(This premium article was originally published in January 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) Transport officials in Australia have released figures on use of contactless payments in Sydney and…
One Year On: Denmark’s Bold Mobile-First Strategy has Reached Nearly 50% Adoption; Getting the Rest Could be More Difficult
Rejsekort & Rejseplan, Denmark’s national ticketing agency owned by the country’s public transport operators, launched its Rejsekort as an app one year ago this month. The launch of the pay-as-you-go,…
Queensland Cites Cubic Delays, 50-Cent Fares, as Reasons for Changing Smart Ticketing Contract
he Queensland government in Australia confirmed that it pulled regional bus operators out of its Smart Ticketing project–at least in part– because of delays in the fare-system rollout by Cubic…
Updated: Cubic Short-Listed for Must-Win Sydney Contract; Hitachi Rail, Others, Believed Out
Transport for New South Wales in Sydney has short-listed incumbent supplier Cubic Transportation Systems for its new back-office contract along with a second vendor, while Hitachi Rail and a few…
Queensland Government Pulls Regional Bus Operators out of ‘Smart Ticketing’ Fare Project–a Loss for Cubic
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads in Australia has confirmed to Mobility Payments it has “reallocated funding” for regional bus operators to “choose their own ticketing solution”– a…
Indra Executive Says Vendor would Not have Relied Only on Price to Beat Cubic in London
Spain-based Indra Systems suggested that it beat out incumbent Cubic Transportation Systems for the award of London’s integrated revenue-collection contract because of a combination of factors, not only price, an…
Atlanta Transit Agency Wants to Introduce Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup Next Year; will Vendor INIT be Ready?
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, said it plans to launch open-loop payments in time for the FIFA World Cup matches the city will host next year–though some…
Las Vegas Transit Agency Thought Tourists would Use Open-Loop Payments More than Residents; It was Wrong
When RTC of Southern Nevada, which serves Las Vegas and the surrounding region, launched open-loop payments in December 2023, agency officials thought most users would come from among the ranks…
Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays
San Francisco public transit officials promise the long-awaited launch of open-loop payments–confined for now to one transit operator, metro-rail provider BART–will happen tomorrow after substantial delays. The project is part…
Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in
Less than a week after the stunning disclosure by Cubic that it had filed a lawsuit against Transport for London seeking to challenge the loss of the agency’s coveted revenue-collection…
Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award
Cubic Transportation Systems president Peter Montgomery-Torrellas told employees today that the vendor was legally challenging the decision last month by Transport for London on award of its lucrative revenue-collection contract.…
