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Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Open LoopTagged , , ,
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Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building or procuring the back office...
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Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged ,
Milwaukee bus
The Milwaukee County Transit System today announced its plans to launch its new fare-collection system using the Umo Mobility platform from Cubic Transportation Systems in the fall. The system will support mobile fare payments and closed-loop contactless...
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Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged ,
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Demand for hands-free (or nearly hands-free) ticketing has been growing, using such technologies as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS to enable customers to board buses and trains with only a swipe of their finger in a smartphone app to check-in and check-out....
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Multiple Vendors Disqualified in Bidding to Supply Open-Loop Technology for California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Open LoopTagged , , , , ,
Buses in downtown LA
A number of well-known industry vendors that bid on two much-anticipated contracts from the state of California to the supply open-loop payments technology to transit agencies statewide were disqualified last month, mostly for failing to meet strict...
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Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

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One of the main selling points for open-loop payments is that it offers a form of interoperability that enables riders to use the same credit or debit card to pay their fares whether they ride in London, New York or Singapore. [...]

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Large German Transit Operator to Test Check-In/Check-Out App, as Pandemic Increases Demand for Mobile Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged , ,
Train with BVG Berlin logo
BVG, Germany’s largest transit operator, still plans to launch a test of a check-in/check-out mobile-ticketing service this year, as it continues to experiment with new fare payments methods amid the Covid-19 pandemic. [...]

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