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Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 23, 2022 (July 18, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, LADOT

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, or LADOT, the city-owned transit agency that runs fixed-route and commuter bus service in and around the city, plans to launch a trial of…

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Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on February 22, 2022 (April 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged AMT, Visa

Italian transit operator AMT along with Visa have launched a pilot of open-loop fares payments, enabling multipassenger fare capping for the first time in Italy–and probably for one of the…

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Paris Transit Authority Confirms Plans to Launch Closed-Loop Navigo Cards on Android and Apple Devices

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 18, 2022 (July 21, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Île-de-France Mobilités, Navigo

Île-de-France Mobilités, the large Paris transit authority serving Paris and the surrounding region, has confirmed that a digital version of its Navigo closed-loop fare card will be available on both…

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Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 16, 2022 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, HSL, Metrolinx, Transport for London

Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building…

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Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 9, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic Transportation Systems, Milwaukee County Transit System

The Milwaukee County Transit System today announced its plans to launch its new fare-collection system using the Umo Mobility platform from Cubic Transportation Systems in the fall. The system will…

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French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on February 3, 2022 (March 21, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Besançon, Kuba, Littlepay

The city of Besançon in Eastern France has launched contactless open-loop fare payments supporting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit and debit cards, as well as cards supporting France’s Cartes Bancaires domestic…

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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged InComm Payments, MBTA

Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses…

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Helsinki Transit Agency Issues New Tender Request for Validators for Multimodal Open-Loop Payments Service

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on January 26, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged HSL, Littlepay

The Helsinki regional transport agency, or HSL late last week released a tender request through procurement channels seeking bids for at least 4,500 validators for its planned multimodal contactless open-loop…

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Updated: Contract for New Fare-Collection System in Milwaukee Goes to Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 19, 2022 (January 28, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic Transportation Systems

Transit officials in Milwaukee, WI, plan to launch a new fare payments system and are believed to have chosen Cubic Transportation Systems’ software-as-a-service Umo platform for the project, Mobility Payments…

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Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 17, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Infineon, Ultra-wideband

Demand for hands-free (or nearly hands-free) ticketing has been growing, using such technologies as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS to enable customers to board buses and trains with only a swipe…

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Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked

Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

Paris Transit Authority Confirms Plans to Launch Closed-Loop Navigo Cards on Android and Apple Devices

Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries

In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

Helsinki Transit Agency Issues New Tender Request for Validators for Multimodal Open-Loop Payments Service

Updated: Contract for New Fare-Collection System in Milwaukee Goes to Cubic

Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

One Year On: Denmark’s Bold Mobile-First Strategy has Reached Nearly 50% Adoption; Getting the Rest Could be More Difficult

Queensland Cites Cubic Delays, 50-Cent Fares, as Reasons for Changing Smart Ticketing Contract

Updated: Cubic Short-Listed for Must-Win Sydney Contract; Hitachi Rail, Others, Believed Out

Queensland Government Pulls Regional Bus Operators out of ‘Smart Ticketing’ Fare Project–a Loss for Cubic

Indra Executive Says Vendor would Not have Relied Only on Price to Beat Cubic in London

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

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