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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged InComm Payments, MBTA

Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses and other vehicles or plan to do so. [...]

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U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2021 (November 3, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

In the run-up to the elimination of cash fares on board its fixed-route buses and trolleybuses today, the Greater Dayton RTA had reduced cash payments to less than 10% of all trips, while 92% of the trips were paid for with digital payments–either...

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Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 27, 2021 (October 3, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTA, Transport for London, Transport for NSW

As more transit agencies introduce open-loop fare payments, interest is starting to grow in use of white-label EMV cards that agencies can issue in place of proprietary closed-loop cards for riders who don’t have bank cards or don’t want to use them to...

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U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 5, 2021 (October 5, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, SORTA

Most mid-tier transit agencies in the U.S., like the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, or SORTA, in Cincinnati, still have to deal with high usage of cash and paper tickets on board their buses and other transit vehicles, even as the continuing...

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Updated: Transit Agency Still Plans to Conduct Open-Loop Payments Trial

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 1, 2021 (January 10, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Littlepay

California transit agency Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District said it plans to launch a pilot of contactless open-loop payments in early 2022, as it seeks to increase customer convenience and reduce use of cash on board its buses, Mobility Payments has...

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‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 1, 2021 (October 1, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Metro, Robin O'Hara

Unlike other major transit agencies in the U.S., which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars replacing or upgrading their fare-collection systems, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has taken a different approach. [...]

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WMATA in D.C. Rolling Out New Terminals but has No Immediate Plans to Support Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 29, 2021 (July 4, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged SmarTrip, WMATA

The Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority last month started to replace 1,200 aging faregates for its 91-station metro system and starting next year will do the same with 20-plus year-old fareboxes on board 1,500 buses, including upgraded...

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MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 26, 2021 (August 8, 2021)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 mobility-as-a-service app or platform. But he contends that it would...

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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 come, the company confirmed to Mobility Payments. [...]

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Google Launches Ticketing in Maps after Delays; but Search Giant Says It has No Plans to Build MaaS App

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 7, 2021 (July 26, 2021)Posted in MaaSTagged Editor's Choice, Google, Token Transit

Google has finally enabled users to initiate purchases of public transit tickets from its Maps app, following delays. Meanwhile, rival trip-planning app providers Moovit and Transit have been quietly moving forward with signing up most of the same small U.S....

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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

Special Report: Interest Grows in ‘White-Label EMV’ for Closed-Loop Transit Cards

U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

Updated: Transit Agency Still Plans to Conduct Open-Loop Payments Trial

‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’

WMATA in D.C. Rolling Out New Terminals but has No Immediate Plans to Support Open Loop

MaaS Global CEO: Transit Agencies Should Not Control MaaS Platforms

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

Google Launches Ticketing in Maps after Delays; but Search Giant Says It has No Plans to Build MaaS App

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent

Irish Fare System Announcement Moved to Monday; Spain’s Indra Believed to Have Submitted Low Bid

Small Dutch Start-Up that Bought MaaS Global Assets Says It Can Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Defeated Whim App

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Three Big Agencies Say Devices Starting to Dominate Cards for Open-Loop Payments

Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

From Guru to Poster Child for MaaS’ Failures, Whim App Founder Calls it Quits