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Transport for London Sees Open-Loop Revenue Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (December 16, 2022)Posted in Open Loop

Contactless open-loop payments revenue has already returned to pre-pandemic levels in London, despite ridership on the London Underground still around one-third lower than in 2019 and bus ridership down by…

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Conduent to Part with Its Transportation Business Unit, Including Fare Collection

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 11, 2022 (April 12, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Conduent

U.S.-based Conduent, a business services outsourcing company, said it would sell or spin off its transportation business unit, a major automated fare-collection system supplier globally. [...]Read More

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Uber to Pilot Travel App in UK, Starting with Intercity Train and Bus Booking and Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 7, 2022 (April 15, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Uber

Uber announced Wednesday that it would enable users of its ride-hailing app in the UK to also book and pay for tickets for intercity trains and coaches this summer, along…

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Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on April 6, 2022 (April 7, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Transit app

Using Transit app at vending machine in Dayton

The Transit app has recorded nearly 2.5 million ticketing transactions since it began enabling transit agency customers to buy tickets in its trip-planning app in 2019, the app provider told…

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Exclusive: Flowbird CEO Says He’s Confident of Winning Business in California Despite Exclusion from Cal-ITP

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (April 1, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Flowbird

The CEO of France-based ticketing and fare-payments provider Flowbird said the company will continue to pursue business in California for its open-loop technology despite not being selected for an open-loop…

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Exclusive: French Cities Make Move to Open-Loop Payments, Though Paris Holds Back

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (June 27, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, France

France had fallen behind such open-loop payments hotspots in Europe as the UK and Italy. But it has been catching up over the past couple of years, starting with small…

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Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (June 3, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged INIT

While Houston Metro, a large public bus agency in the U.S., plans to introduce open-loop payments as part of an account-based ticketing system now being built for it, the agency…

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Insight: Whim Chief Seeks Scale with Acquisition; Says It’s Too Soon to Cast Doubt on MaaS

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 28, 2022 (April 24, 2024)Posted in MaaSTagged MaaS Global

Sampo Hietanen, CEO of Finland-based MaaS Global, said his company’s acquisition of the Brazilian trip-planning and tracking app Quicko would help turn the app into a full-fledged mobility-as-a-service platform, while…

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Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (October 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Card at terminal, Monterey-Salinas Transit

Visa has quietly introduced a new interchange category for transit agencies in California, Mobility Payments has learned. If rolled out nationally and across more card types, the changes could substantially…

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California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (February 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

California’s “Mobility Marketplace,” which aims to sell transit agencies in the state and beyond the core components they need build open-loop fare-collection systems, is now open for business. [...]Read More

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Transport for London Sees Open-Loop Revenue Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Conduent to Part with Its Transportation Business Unit, Including Fare Collection

Uber to Pilot Travel App in UK, Starting with Intercity Train and Bus Booking and Ticketing

Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

Exclusive: Flowbird CEO Says He’s Confident of Winning Business in California Despite Exclusion from Cal-ITP

Exclusive: French Cities Make Move to Open-Loop Payments, Though Paris Holds Back

Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

Insight: Whim Chief Seeks Scale with Acquisition; Says It’s Too Soon to Cast Doubt on MaaS

Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

Las Vegas Transit Agency Thought Tourists would Use Open-Loop Payments More than Residents; It was Wrong

Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays

Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award

Is Cubic Challenging London Decision? Sources Say Vendor Sent ‘Letter’ to TfL about Contract Award; CEO Today Said Contract ‘Still in a Standstill Period’

Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award

Special Report: Ultra-Wideband Holds Much Promise to Power Hands-Free Ticketing; but Backers Must First Overcome Significant Challenges

Tip Sheet: Speculation Aside on Contract Winner, Losing London would be ‘Big Blow’ to Cubic

Transport for London Committee Approves New Revenue-Collection Contract, but Agency Stays Mum on Winner; Speculation Grows