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Rome’s Major Transit Operator Expands Open-Loop Service to City’s Buses and Trams

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 2, 2022 (December 3, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged ATAC

Rome transit operator ATAC announced Thursday that it has begun expanding its open-loop payments service to its buses and trams, more than three years after launching the service on the…

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Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 23, 2022 (November 24, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Visa

In a region that has lagged behind in open-loop payments rollouts, Visa Tuesday sought to showcase the two largest launches to date in Asia Pacific, in Sydney and Singapore, where…

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Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on November 21, 2022 (November 24, 2022)Posted in Closed Loop

Canada’s fifth largest city, Edmonton, launches its first electronic fare card today, with the closed-loop contactless Arc card becoming available for standard adult fares. An open-loop payments service will eventually…

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Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 15, 2022 (November 17, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Transport for London yesterday launched its much-anticipated call for tenders to find the next vendor to run its high-profile fare-collection system–with the so-called “Project Proteus” expected to be one of…

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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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Rome’s Major Transit Operator Expands Open-Loop Service to City’s Buses and Trams

Visa Seeks to Boost Open-Loop Payments in Asia Pacific, Where Technology has So Far Lagged Behind

Canadian City to Launch Its First Closed-Loop Contactless Card Rollout Today

Transport for London Launches Procurement of Major Fare-Collection Contract

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

Miami Hearing Officer Rejects Protests by Cubic, Moovel; Vendors Vow to Weigh ‘All Available Options’

Tip Sheet: Chicago’s Ventra 3.0 Flies Under Radar; Vancouver may be in Talks with Vendors

Exclusive: Cubic, Moovel and Masabi Make Arguments to Protest Hearing Officer in Miami

Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Miami Hearing Officer Rejects Protests by Cubic, Moovel; Vendors Vow to Weigh ‘All Available Options’

Exclusive: Cubic, Moovel and Masabi Make Arguments to Protest Hearing Officer in Miami

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi