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Updated: Budapest Transit Agency to Launch Open-Loop Payments Pilot with Help from Mastercard

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 10, 2022 (November 23, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged BKK, Mastercard

Budapest public transit operator BKK will launch a pilot of open-loop payments on its airport shuttle bus line early next year, a project that involves Mastercard. [...]Read More

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Four Vendors Expected to Bid on Large Fare-Collection Project in Ireland

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 9, 2022 (November 10, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Ireland, NTA

Ireland’s National Transport Authority, or NTA, said it remains on track to award a contract for its major procurement of a nationwide account-based ticketing system–including support for open-loop payments–by late…

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MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 4, 2022 (March 16, 2024)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

MaaS Global founder and CEO Sampo Hietanen disclosed this week that the mobility-as-a-service start-up has a licensing deal with major Italian insurance company Unipol to introduce MaaS, though could offer…

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Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2022 (November 2, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

Despite significant costs for handling cash, very few transit agencies in the U.S. have eliminated cash from their fare-collection systems. But the head of one small bus agency in South…

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New York Transit Agency One of First to Link Concessionary Discounts to Open-Loop Cards and Wallets

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2022 (November 2, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA

In what is believed to be the first major transit agency to roll out concessionary discounts linked to open-loop payments, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said more than a million…

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New York’s MTA Says OMNY Rollout Falls Further Behind Schedule; Cites Poor Vendor Quality Control, Other Issues

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 27, 2022 (November 1, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA

Officials with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority this week said the rollout of its OMNY fare-collection system has fallen further behind schedule and isn’t expected to see “substantial completion” until…

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Updated: New Zealand Announces Plans for Nationwide Open-Loop Payments Rollout

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 21, 2022 (May 25, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

New Zealand’s Ministry of Transport today announced the country’s planned nationwide rollout of open-loop payments, a system costing an estimated NZ$1.3 billion (US$746.7 million) over 15 years. Officials signed a…

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Can Transit Agencies Quit Closed Loop after Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments?

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 13, 2022 (May 12, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Open Loop

A panel of industry experts squared off for a first-of-its-kind debate about the pros and cons of open-loop payments, tackling a range of issues–from whether transit agencies can completely eliminate…

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Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 13, 2022 (November 4, 2022)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

Pioneering mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global plans to drop its B2C business model and will instead try to license its Whim platform and expertise to non-transport companies that want to launch…

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Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 10, 2022 (October 11, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Transit officials in Denmark have qualified a list of eight suppliers to compete for five vendor slots to provide technology or services for the country’s planned DKK 500 million (US$65.2…

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Updated: Budapest Transit Agency to Launch Open-Loop Payments Pilot with Help from Mastercard

Four Vendors Expected to Bid on Large Fare-Collection Project in Ireland

MaaS Global Discloses Licensing Deal for Its Technology; Will It be Enough to Save Company?

Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

New York Transit Agency One of First to Link Concessionary Discounts to Open-Loop Cards and Wallets

New York’s MTA Says OMNY Rollout Falls Further Behind Schedule; Cites Poor Vendor Quality Control, Other Issues

Updated: New Zealand Announces Plans for Nationwide Open-Loop Payments Rollout

Can Transit Agencies Quit Closed Loop after Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments?

Market Opportunity or Last Gasp? Pioneering MaaS Start-Up ‘Pivots’ to Stay in Business

Denmark Selects List of Suppliers to Advance to Next Round for National Mobile-Ticketing Project

Canada’s BC Transit Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments, as Cubic Seeks to Keep Pace in SaaS-Ticketing Market

Seoul to Support Open-Loop Payments by Next Year on Buses, 2027 on Metro

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Tip Sheet: Cubic Believed to be Sole Vendor in Running for Sydney Deal; TfL: Revenue-Collection Procurement Not Over Yet; Madrid Seeks ABT System

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Review of New Zealand National Fare Project Predicts More ‘Significant Delays’ and Likely Cost Overruns; Government in ‘Commercial' Talks with Cubic, Others

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