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Transport for London to Offer Weekly Fare Capping with Oyster Cards; Move Expected to Drive Even More Riders to Pay as You Go

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on September 24, 2021 (September 25, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Oyster card, Transport for London

In a move expected to make Transport for London’s pay-as-you-go model even more dominant and further erode support for season tickets and other period travel passes, the agency today said…

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Sydney Transit Official: Opal Card Not Going Away, Despite Growth of Contactless

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 23, 2021 (September 24, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Opal card, Transport for New South Wales

Sydney-based Transport for New South Wales, Australia’s largest transit agency, has no plans to phase out or de-emphasize its closed-loop Opal card, despite strong adoption of contactless open-loop payments by…

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Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on September 22, 2021 (September 23, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged DART, OMNY, TriMet, Vix Technology

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, has become the latest transit agency in the U.S. to accept contactless open-loop payments, joining just four other U.S. agencies that support the technology,…

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Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

by Dan Balaban and Kiona SmithPosted on September 22, 2021 (May 15, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Be-in/Be-out, Editor's Choice, Fairtiq, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

It’s no secret that interest is growing in “touchless transit” in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. So technologies that enable fully hands-free fare payments, letting passengers be-in/be-out, or BIBO,…

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Panel: Closed-Loop Payments Expected to Remain an Option for Years to Come Despite Growth of Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 20, 2021 (September 29, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, FEIG Electronic, HID Global, Infineon Technologies, Transport for London

While the trend today is for more transit agencies to introduce open-loop fare payments, closed-loop cards, either in physical form or dematerialized on smartphones and wearables, will be with us…

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Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief Sees Little Threat to Fare Payments Business from Fintechs

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 15, 2021 (September 16, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop, Mobile TicketingTagged EasyCard, Jkopay, Line Pay

EasyCard Corp., Taiwan’s dominant transit e-purse, is not worried about fintechs taking away a significant share of its fare payments business and, in fact, is in talks to work with…

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Moscow Metro Expands Large Test of ‘Face Pay’ to More Lines; Rollout Expected as Early as Next Month

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 13, 2021 (September 14, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Facial Recognition, Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro said today it has increased the number of lines supporting a large test of its “Face Pay” service to more than half of its total lines. The metro…

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While Interest is Growing in Going Cashless in U.S., Few Agencies have Accomplished the Feat So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 13, 2021 (September 17, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Big Blue Bus, Cashless, Greater Dayton RTA

The Greater Dayton RTA, which this month stopped accepting paper passes and tickets, will hit its Nov. 1 deadline to go completely cashless on board its vehicles, an agency representative…

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Germany’s Largest Transit Operator Continues with Large Open-Loop Pilot on Buses; No Decision Yet on Rollout

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 9, 2021 (September 9, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Berlin, BVG

Germany’s largest transit operator, BVG, said it’s pilot of contactless EMV payments extends to all of its nearly 1,500 buses, and the company has eliminated cash acceptance on board the…

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Using Data to Navigate Demands of the Pandemic and Its Continuing Aftermath

by Miki Szikszai and Dallas DelaneyPosted on September 8, 2021 (September 8, 2021)Posted in Industry InsightTagged Snapper

Ticketing data provides a rich source of information that can make our networks better, increase public trust and encourage use of public transport. Punctuality, frequency and reliability have long been…

Transport for London to Offer Weekly Fare Capping with Oyster Cards; Move Expected to Drive Even More Riders to Pay as You Go

Sydney Transit Official: Opal Card Not Going Away, Despite Growth of Contactless

Dallas Latest City in U.S. to Accept Open-Loop Fare Payments

Debate: Is the Industry–and Technology–Ready for Hands-Free, Be-In/Be-Out Fare Payments?

Panel: Closed-Loop Payments Expected to Remain an Option for Years to Come Despite Growth of Open Loop

Taiwan’s EasyCard Chief Sees Little Threat to Fare Payments Business from Fintechs

Moscow Metro Expands Large Test of ‘Face Pay’ to More Lines; Rollout Expected as Early as Next Month

While Interest is Growing in Going Cashless in U.S., Few Agencies have Accomplished the Feat So Far

Germany’s Largest Transit Operator Continues with Large Open-Loop Pilot on Buses; No Decision Yet on Rollout

Using Data to Navigate Demands of the Pandemic and Its Continuing Aftermath

Electric Vehicle Market in U.S. Adjusts to Loss of Sales Incentives, Charger Subsidies

Evaluations Detail How Masabi Outscored Cubic and Kuba to Win Sacramento Contract

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Maitland Out at Cubic; CTS President Montgomery-Torrellas to Take Over ‘Growth’ Position Himself

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