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Denmark Confirms Plans to Shut Down Long-Established Closed-Loop Card in May as Mobile-Ticketing App Hits Two-Thirds Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 18, 2026 (March 8, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Denmark

Denmark’s national transport ticketing agency, Rejsekort & Rejseplan, has introduced its new physical fare card that will replace its aging Mifare Classic transport card and complement its high-profile national mobile-ticketing…

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Miami Declines to Change Evaluation Scores in Back-Office Procurement, Leaving Cubic’s No. 1 Rank Intact

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 12, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Miami

Miami-Dade County adjourned a special meeting of its Competitive Selection Committee after only 11 minutes when none of the five evaluators on the committee said they wanted to change their…

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Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 5, 2026 (March 8, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

Miami-Dade County has scheduled a meeting Monday of the Competitive Selection Committee that ranked Cubic Transportation Systems No. 1 in its second and final round of evaluations for the county’s…

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Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 3, 2026 (May 29, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, London

The recent loss by Cubic Transportation Systems of Transport of London’s coveted revenue-collection contract comes at a bad time for the U.S.-based fare-system vendor, as it faces pressure to win…

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Backers of Dutch OVpay Project Again Push Back Date to Retire 20-Year-Old Mifare Card; but White-Label Replacement is Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2026 (March 8, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Netherland

Organizers of the Netherland’s high-profile national rollout of a new fare system entirely supporting EMV technology have pushed back the date for retiring their more than 20-year-old closed-loop OV-chipkaart. …

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Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

by Timothy SunderlandPosted on January 28, 2026 (January 29, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Free Fares

Somewhere in the bowels of New York’s City Hall, a tiger team is figuring out how to fulfill the mayor’s campaign promise of zero-fare buses. The question is, have city…

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Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 16, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Spain-based Indra Group announced today it has signed the new revenue-collection contact with Transport for London–a deal worth up to £845 million (US$1.1 billion) to operate and maintain TfL’s massive…

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Tip Sheet (Updated): Stockholm to Replace Validators; More Ex-‘Cubes’ Looking for Jobs; Open Loop on Ho Chi Minh City Metro–One Year On

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 15, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Tip Sheet

Public transport officials in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday finally issued their long-anticipated tender request to buy 4,000 to 5,000 new validators, starting in January 2027. As expected, Stockholm wants to run…

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Exclusive: Masabi, Moovel and Indra Object to Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Miami’s Back-Office Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 15, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

Three vendors are calling on Miami-Dade County, Fla., officials to nullify the results of a recent competition for a new account-based ticketing back office and to throw out Cubic Transportation…

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Miami Expected to Negotiate with Cubic Soon for Back-Office Contract; One or More Competing Vendors Still Poised to Protest

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 8, 2026 (February 10, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami

A Miami-Dade County, Fla., procurement official told Mobility Payments Wednesday that he expects to get approval in less than two weeks to begin negotiations with the top-ranked vendor, Cubic Transportation…

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Denmark Confirms Plans to Shut Down Long-Established Closed-Loop Card in May as Mobile-Ticketing App Hits Two-Thirds Adoption

Miami Declines to Change Evaluation Scores in Back-Office Procurement, Leaving Cubic’s No. 1 Rank Intact

Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Backers of Dutch OVpay Project Again Push Back Date to Retire 20-Year-Old Mifare Card; but White-Label Replacement is Coming

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

Tip Sheet (Updated): Stockholm to Replace Validators; More Ex-‘Cubes’ Looking for Jobs; Open Loop on Ho Chi Minh City Metro–One Year On

Exclusive: Masabi, Moovel and Indra Object to Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Miami’s Back-Office Contract

Miami Expected to Negotiate with Cubic Soon for Back-Office Contract; One or More Competing Vendors Still Poised to Protest

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