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Google Tests Mobile Ticketing Initiated in Maps App; Could Lead to Mobility-as-a-Service Offer?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (July 5, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Google, Token Transit

Three small public transit agencies in the U.S. are quietly testing use of Google Maps and Google Pay to enable customers to first plan then pay for tickets. It’s believed…

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Uber Expands Mobile Ticketing to More U.S. Public Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (April 7, 2022)Posted in MaaS, Mobile TicketingTagged Masabi, Transit, Uber

As expected, Uber has expanded support for public transit ticketing in its app again, this time to a consortium of 13 small and mid-tier transit agencies in Ohio and Northern…

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Los Angeles Transit Authority to Support Closed-Loop TAP Card in Both Apple Pay and Google Pay

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 10, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic, Google, LA Metro, Salesforce

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or Metro, plans to introduce an Android version of its TAP closed-loop fare card, with a virtual TAP card for the Google Pay…

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Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, Italy, Turin

Transit officials in Turin, Italy, have launched acceptance of fares with contactless EMV bank cards and NFC wallets. The Covid-19 pandemic aftermath is expected to accelerate the already significant trend…

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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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Google Tests Mobile Ticketing Initiated in Maps App; Could Lead to Mobility-as-a-Service Offer?

Uber Expands Mobile Ticketing to More U.S. Public Transit Agencies

Los Angeles Transit Authority to Support Closed-Loop TAP Card in Both Apple Pay and Google Pay

Italy’s Fourth Largest City Latest to Launch Open-Loop Service

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

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