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…
Tip Sheet: Vancouver Accepts Bids for Major System Upgrade–Another Must-Win for Cubic
Also: Wellington launches contactless payments Sunday–without Cubic. Got a tip for the Tip Sheet? Write to contact@mobility-payments.com [...]Read More
Officials Plan First Statewide Open-Loop Rollout in U.S.; but Say Federal Rules Bar them from Buying Through Cal-ITP
Public transit officials in the U.S. state of Connecticut are persuing an ambitious plan to roll out open-loop payments statewide, including enabling fare capping and setting up a concessions scheme…
Updated: Trump Budget Cuts–If Not Rolled Back by Congress–would Deal Blow to U.S. Transit Agencies
President Donald Trump has slashed proposed funding for public transit in the U.S. and other domestic programs in next year’s federal budget, as he seeks a large-scale hike in defense…
Miami-Dade County Mayor Recommends Canceling Problem-Plagued Procurement for Back Office; Officials Plan to Issue New RFP
The Miami-Dade County mayor’s office has recommended canceling a roughly $40 million account-based ticketing back-office procurement after officials had received multiple objections from vendors claiming irregularities in the process, according…
Glasgow Subway Launches London-Style Open-Loop Service with Help from Sole-Source Deal with Scheidt & Bachmann
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, or SPT, which runs the Glasgow Subway, is following the lead of Transport for London and a number of other UK transport agencies in promoting…
Tip Sheet: Paris Could Soon Decide to Expand Open Loop, with an Even Larger Ticketing System Upgrade Possible
Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités is reportedly expected to decide in May whether to expand open-loop payments to at least part of the Paris Métro and elsewhere beyond its buses.…
State Auditor: Conduent Rollout Schedule for Melbourne Project ‘Overly Optimistic’; Transport Officials Ignored Signs of Risk
The Victoria state auditor-general’s office in Australia concluded that an “overly optimistic delivery schedule” by Conduent Transportation and ensuing dispute with state transport officials resulted in a costly reset of…
Sound Transit Ponders Fare Gate Options, as It Loses Millions in Uncollected Fares
This past December, Sound Transit’s board of directors in Seattle told CEO Dow Constantine to produce a fare gate retrofit implementation study, along with plans for a potential pilot. The…
Tip Sheet: Next Major Fare-System Contract Award Could be in Sydney; It’s a Must-Win for Cubic
Cubic Transportation Systems is growing concerned that it could lose the account-based ticketing back-office contract with Transport for New South Wales in Sydney, with the authority possibly announcing the winner…
Special Report: San Francisco’s MTC and Cubic Battle Through Problem-Plagued Launch of Clipper 2.0
The agency notes that the complexity of the Clipper system “helps explain implementation challenges but does not excuse execution failures.” Financial penalties against Cubic are possible. [...]Read More
