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…
Miami Hearing Officer Rejects Protests by Cubic, Moovel; Vendors Vow to Weigh ‘All Available Options’
A Miami-Dade County-appointed hearing examiner recommended officials deny protests filed by Cubic Transportation Systems and moovel North America to a proposed $42.6 million contract award for rival vendor Masabi for…
Tip Sheet: Chicago’s Ventra 3.0 Flies Under Radar; Vancouver may be in Talks with Vendors
Also: Stockholm chooses winner of validator tender; Madrid expected to disclose design competition results. Have a tip for the Tip Sheet? Write to contact@mobility-payments.com [...]Read More
Exclusive: Cubic, Moovel and Masabi Make Arguments to Protest Hearing Officer in Miami
Cubic Transportation Systems, moovel North America and Masabi battled this week through their attorneys at a protest hearing over a contentious $40 million-plus contract award for Miami-Dade County’s planned account-based…
Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project
By the end of October, officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA, are expected to receive bids for the next round of new gates for 20 subway stations. When…
Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?
Also: Many in Industry Apparently See New Cubic Fare-System CEO as ‘Placeholder’; Auckland Still Holding Back on Joining National Ticketing Solution; Cubic, Moovel Formally Protest Recommended Contract Award to Masabi…
Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor
Cubic Corp. has named a longtime transportation industry veteran, who served a stint as CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to head its troubled transportation unit, CTS. Elliot…
Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’
Canada-based Modaxo Group today completed its planned $164 million acquisition of Conduent’s public transit unit, creating two new businesses and brands. It’s Modaxo’s biggest acquisition to date, adding 2,000 employees…
Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi
Cubic Transportation Systems and moovel, which both came up short in their competition for Miami-Dade County’s procurement of an account-based ticketing back office, have each filed notices of intent to…
U.S. Federal Rules Surface Again as Issue for Transit Agencies Outside California Buying Open-Loop Technology through Cal-ITP
The CEO for a transit agency in the U.S. state of Illinois Wednesday told Mobility Payments that the agency did not violate federal procurement rules in hiring three vendors to…
U.S. Transit Agency Aims to Go Cashless and also Launch Open Loop; Plans to Surcharge Riders to Cover Bank Card Fees
Green Bay Metro Transit aims to become one of the few agencies in the country to stop accepting cash on board its buses–even as it plans to launch open-loop payments…
