SaaS Ticketing Vendor Sees Pent Up Market Demand for Mobile Ticketing
It comes as little surprise that demand for mobile ticketing by transit agencies has soared at the same time ridership plummeted during the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]Read More
Cubic Makes Major Platform Play, Responding to New Competitors
U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems–known for building big bespoke fare-collection systems for such major cities as London, New York, Chicago and Sydney–has begun rolling out its Umo platform, targeting small to…
A Vital New Publication for Mobility Providers
The publication will be a must-read for all mobility providers, as part of a robust and growing ecosystem. [...]Read More
Using Blockchain to Establish Trust among Parties to Accelerate Growth in the Mobility-as-a-Service Market
It seems that city leaders and other officials around the world are pinning their hopes on mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) to help them reduce traffic congestion, slash greenhouse gas emissions and improve…
To Build a Better Post-Covid World: Master the Elusive First and Last Mile
In towns and cities around the world, people are starting to dream, plan and prepare for a new normal (whatever that means) and a post-COVID world. [...]Read More
Queensland ABT Project to Give Customers More Ways to Pay
A new account-based ticketing system under development for Brisbane and the Australian state of Queensland represents one of the latest rollouts of account-based ticketing, a technology expected to eventually replace…
More Major Transit Agencies Launch Virtual Closed-Loop Cards
While the move to open-loop fare collection by transit agencies gets a lot of attention, some major agencies have been shunning the idea of accepting bank cards for fares while…
Post-Covid: Using MaaS Platforms to Ease Fears
While use of public transit is returning, it could take years before ridership returns to pre-Covid levels, if it ever does. Many customers have changed their lifestyles and won’t come…
Updated: Making the Move into Ticketing and Payments
Such major trip-planning app providers as Moovit, Transit and Google Maps see ticketing and payments as an important new service and for some, it’s one of the last steps toward…
Taiwan’s Dominant Transit Purse Struggles with New E-Payments Landscape
EasyCard Corp. remains the dominant contactless stored-value card in Taiwan, boasting market shares of nearly three-quarters of transit fare payments and retail transactions nationally amid competition from three other contactless…
