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Calgary Transit Launches Mobile-Ticketing Service with Plans to Expand to Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 10, 2021)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Calgary Transit, Masabi

Canada’s third largest city, Calgary, has introduced its first electronic fare payments service, offering mobile ticketing from a software-as-a-service platform provider, with plans to enable customers to pay for fares…

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Transit Payments Company Head: Apple and Google Positioned to Take Bigger Piece of Payments Industry

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 13, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Amin Shayan, Littlepay, Mastercard, Visa

The head of transit payments gateway and processor Littlepay said he believes that Apple and Google are well-positioned to take a “big bite out of the payment chain,” which could…

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Cubic Expands Agreement with Moovit, Seeking to Drive More Use of Mobile Apps by Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (October 30, 2024)Posted in MaaS, Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic, TouchPass

U.S.-based Cubic Transportation Systems and Israel-based trip planning app provider Moovit, now owned by Intel, have expanded their partnership to develop mobile services for transit agencies, seeking to enable transit…

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Brussels Latest European Capital to Launch Open-Loop Fare Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (October 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Brussels, Pierre-André Rulmont, STIB

Major Brussels transit operator STIB-MIVB plans to begin accepting contactless EMV credit and debit cards and NFC wallets on Wednesday, the latest European capital to launch open-loop payments following the…

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Boston Transit Agency Seeks to Put Massive Fare-Collection Project Back on Track

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (October 30, 2024)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Cubic Transportation Systems, MBTA

The massive new fare-collection system planned by Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, which will include open-loop contactless payments and an expanded closed-loop program, has had trouble getting off…

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Software-as-Service Platforms for Transit Agencies Begin to Support Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (October 4, 2021)Posted in Mobile Ticketing, Open LoopTagged Cubic, Delerrok, Masabi

In what is believed to be a first, a transit agency in Europe plans to accept contactless credit and debit cards using a third-party software-as-a-service platform this summer, according to…

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Ohio-Based Transit Agency Group Planning to Enable Mobile Ticketing Through Uber App

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 3, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Masabi, NEORide, RTD Denver, Uber

(This premium article was originally published in May 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) A consortium of 13 small and mid-tier transit agencies in Ohio and Northern Kentucky plans…

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MaaS Backers Believe New Mobility Platforms Could Help Transit Providers Win Back Their Customers’ Trust

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (June 5, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged HaCon, MaaS Global, Siemens, Whim

With Covid-19 lockdowns causing mass transit ridership in many cities to virtually fall off a cliff–with such cities as London, New York and San Francisco reporting drops of more than…

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Apple Pay Expands Support for Interoperable Closed-Loop Transit Cards in China

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 6, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Apple, T-Union

Apple on Wednesday expanded support for closed-loop transit payments across China, incorporating China’s T-Union interoperable transit cards in its Apple Pay service. [...]Read More

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Government Regulation of Mobility-as-a-Service Seen as Necessary to Encourage Widespread Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 3, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Grab, MaaS Global, Masabi, RTD Denver, Uber

(This premium article was originally published in April 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) Government legislation will likely be needed for widespread adoption of mobility-as-a-service, or MaaS, to occur,…

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Calgary Transit Launches Mobile-Ticketing Service with Plans to Expand to Open Loop

Transit Payments Company Head: Apple and Google Positioned to Take Bigger Piece of Payments Industry

Cubic Expands Agreement with Moovit, Seeking to Drive More Use of Mobile Apps by Transit Agencies

Brussels Latest European Capital to Launch Open-Loop Fare Payments

Boston Transit Agency Seeks to Put Massive Fare-Collection Project Back on Track

Software-as-Service Platforms for Transit Agencies Begin to Support Open-Loop Payments

Ohio-Based Transit Agency Group Planning to Enable Mobile Ticketing Through Uber App

MaaS Backers Believe New Mobility Platforms Could Help Transit Providers Win Back Their Customers’ Trust

Apple Pay Expands Support for Interoperable Closed-Loop Transit Cards in China

Government Regulation of Mobility-as-a-Service Seen as Necessary to Encourage Widespread Adoption

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