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…
Wellington Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments Next April–Refusing to Wait for New Zealand’s National Ticketing Solution
The transport authority serving New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, said it can no longer wait for the country’s “National Ticketing Solution” to reach the city and is spending NZ$5.5 million ($3.2…
Insight: Paris Warms to Open-Loop Payments but Don’t Expect a London-Style Rollout
When Paris regional transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités recently announced it was supporting open-loop payments on board buses, backers of the technology hailed the move as confirmation that one of the…
Electric Vehicle Market in U.S. Adjusts to Loss of Sales Incentives, Charger Subsidies
The news was grim for electric vehicle market backers in the U.S. in October, after the Trump administration eliminated federal tax incentives of up to $7,500 per new EV purchase.…
Evaluations Detail How Masabi Outscored Cubic and Kuba to Win Sacramento Contract
UK-based Masabi won the transit ticketing contract with Sacramento Regional Transit in part because of its ability to integrate with other vendors and third-party apps and to enable regional ticketing.…
D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange
Washington, D.C, transit authority WMATA will pay vendor Littlepay just under $5.1 million over eight years in licensing, employee and other managed services fees, not counting transaction fees, for running…
Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others
U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems has yet to release a total for the number of employees it plans to lay off, but Mobility Payments is hearing it could be 15% or…
In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds
Transport for London contends that it would have rejected Cubic Transportation Systems’ tender for the agency’s revenue-collection contract even if the vendor had not been automatically knocked out of the…
Tip Sheet: Layoffs Expected at Cubic; Fare Vendor Discloses ‘New Operating Model,’ Though Releases Few Details
There is growing talk of layoffs at Cubic Transportation Systems, although it’s unclear how many employees will lose their jobs. When asked, a Cubic spokesman did not immediately address the…
Vancouver Transit Authority Issues RFP for Major Fare-System Upgrade; Believed to Have Rejected Sole-Source Proposal
Vancouver transit authority TransLink has issued a request for proposal to upgrade its fare-payments system, a project that could be worth an estimated CA$507 million (US$360 million) in capital expenses…
Maitland Out at Cubic; CTS President Montgomery-Torrellas to Take Over ‘Growth’ Position Himself
David Maitland, who headed business development for Cubic Transportation Systems, is out after fewer than 18 months with the struggling fare-system supplier, Mobility Payments has learned. The vendor does not…
