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MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (October 25, 2024)Posted in MaaSTagged Cubic, MaaS Global, Sampo Hietanen

Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of Finland-based MaaS Global agrees with most other industry experts that public transit should form the “core” of the mobility services on offer in any…

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Interest Growing in Open-Loop Payments in California, Says Cal-ITP

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (August 17, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Caltrans

California transportation officials are hearing strong demand among transit agencies in the state to move to open-loop payments, a person handling communications for the state Department of Transportation’s California’s Integrated…

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Case Study: German City First to Go Live with Check-in/be-out System in Country

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 23, 2021 (September 2, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged CIBO, Hamburg, Stadtwerke Osnabrück

Despite the growing popularity of contactless, NFC and QR-code technologies for electronic fare-collection systems, some transit agencies are experimenting with other technologies to collect fares. That includes Germany’s Stadtwerke Osnabrück,…

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Case Study: Ohio Transit Agency Nears Goal of Ridding Vehicles of Cash

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 23, 2021 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

(Updated case study): The chief customer and business development officer for the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority in the U.S. told Mobility Payments that a phased approach in rolling out…

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Trip-Planning App Transit Touts Ticketing Sales, though Results Vary by Agency

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 16, 2021 (October 11, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Transit app

The trip-planning Transit app announced that it has handled more than 1 million fare transactions since April 2019, when it started enabling ticketing and payments through its app. Although ticketing…

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Smaller Slovakian Bus Agencies Support Virtual Cards in Google Pay

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 15, 2021 (July 16, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Google Pay

Two mid-tier bus operators in Slovakia are among the latest to enable their customers to tap virtual closed-loop transit cards in Google Pay to pay fares, using a provisioning service…

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Case Study: BONNsmart Project Seeks to Introduce Open-Loop Payments to Cash-Loving Germany

by Kiona SmithPosted on July 14, 2021 (July 14, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Case Study, Scheidt & Bachmann, SWB Bus and Bahn

SWB Bus and Bahn, the transit agency serving the city of Bonn, is the first such operator in Germany to accept contactless EMV payments. [...]Read More

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Moovit Moves Forward to Enable Ticketing and Payments in App with More Transit Agencies

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 13, 2021 (July 26, 2021)Posted in Mobile Ticketing

Large trip-planning app provider Moovit has enabled customers of more than 50 mostly small transit agencies in the U.S. to buy mobile tickets it its app, with more agencies to…

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Cubic: Recent MaaS Company Failures among Signs Pointing to Need for ‘MaaS 2.0’

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 12, 2021 (July 26, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Cubic, Kyyti, MaaS Global

There is little disputing the fact that mobility as a service has not yet lived up to its hype. And the industry’s largest automated fare collection system provider, Cubic Transportation…

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Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 9, 2021 (July 9, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cash, Masabi

Ohio-based NEORide consortium, a regional transit group that among other things, handles mobile-ticketing fare collection for 13 transit agencies in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan, is seeking…

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MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

Interest Growing in Open-Loop Payments in California, Says Cal-ITP

Case Study: German City First to Go Live with Check-in/be-out System in Country

Case Study: Ohio Transit Agency Nears Goal of Ridding Vehicles of Cash

Trip-Planning App Transit Touts Ticketing Sales, though Results Vary by Agency

Smaller Slovakian Bus Agencies Support Virtual Cards in Google Pay

Case Study: BONNsmart Project Seeks to Introduce Open-Loop Payments to Cash-Loving Germany

Moovit Moves Forward to Enable Ticketing and Payments in App with More Transit Agencies

Cubic: Recent MaaS Company Failures among Signs Pointing to Need for ‘MaaS 2.0’

Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

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

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

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

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

U.S. Federal Rules Surface Again as Issue for Transit Agencies Outside California Buying Open-Loop Technology through Cal-ITP

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

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent