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U.S. Agency Bypassed Low-Cost Suppliers in Awarding Fare-Collection System Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 31, 2023 (June 1, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Utah Transit Authority

The Utah Transit Authority received responses from eight vendors to its request for proposal for a new fare system, with five of the vendors submitting lower cost bids than the vendor the authority ended up choosing for the contract, documents obtained by...

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Uber Expands Transit Ticketing, but First Agencies to Sell Tickets through App See Low Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 8, 2023 (September 24, 2023)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Uber

Despite continued interest from transit agencies in selling tickets and passes through the Uber app, the first agencies to make the move are not seeing strong adoption. [...]

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U.S. Federal Agency Opens Procurement Program to Fare Validator Suppliers

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 27, 2023 (April 28, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, General Services Administration

Transit agencies in the U.S. could be able to buy fare validators through a federal government procurement program administered by the U.S. General Services Administration, as part of an initiative by the California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP....

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Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (January 2, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide

Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure new fare or ticketing systems, hoping to get a better deal from vendors than the agencies could on their own. [...]

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Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (August 11, 2023)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged SEPTA

For years, Philadelphia transit authority SEPTA was supposed to be the next big agency in North America to support open-loop payments. Now it appears that a launch of open loop might not happen until at least 2026, as part of an overhaul of a fare system that...

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Utah Transit Agency Hires Vendor for New Fare-Collection System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 18, 2023 (May 27, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Utah Transit Authority

The Utah Transit Authority has hired fare-collection system vendor Scheidt & Bachmann to implement and host its new account-based ticketing system, including replacing all validators and ticket-vending machines and also swapping out its mobile-ticketing...

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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Looks to U.S. Federal Agency to Find More Validator Suppliers

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2023 (March 7, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, wants to find more suppliers of validators that can accept open-loop payments, and it has asked a U.S. federal agency for assistance, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

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Conduent Transportation Chief on Company’s Spin-Off Issue: ‘Several Weeks Later, No One’s Talking About It’

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 1, 2022 (September 2, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent

In April, U.S.-based Conduent created considerable buzz in the fare-collection industry when it announced it would spin off or sell its transportation business. [...]

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Bid Update: Dubai Evaluates ABT Proposals; Utah Receives 8 bids for Mobile Ticketing; Appeal Delays Award of Venice Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 1, 2022 (October 6, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Dubai, Utah Transit Authority, Venice

The Roads and Transport Authority, or RTA, in Dubai has been evaluating proposals from at least five vendors for the overhaul of its fare-collection system, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

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Passport to Shut Down Transit-Ticketing Business at Year’s End as It Focuses on Parking

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 18, 2022 (May 19, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Passport Labs, Utah Transit Authority

U.S.-based Passport Labs confirmed that it will shut down its mobile transit-ticketing business and end all support for its platform at the end of this year, as it quietly exits the ticketing market segment. [...]

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U.S. Agency Bypassed Low-Cost Suppliers in Awarding Fare-Collection System Contract

Uber Expands Transit Ticketing, but First Agencies to Sell Tickets through App See Low Adoption

U.S. Federal Agency Opens Procurement Program to Fare Validator Suppliers

Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

Utah Transit Agency Hires Vendor for New Fare-Collection System

California Open-Loop Procurement Program Looks to U.S. Federal Agency to Find More Validator Suppliers

Conduent Transportation Chief on Company’s Spin-Off Issue: ‘Several Weeks Later, No One’s Talking About It’

Bid Update: Dubai Evaluates ABT Proposals; Utah Receives 8 bids for Mobile Ticketing; Appeal Delays Award of Venice Contract

Passport to Shut Down Transit-Ticketing Business at Year’s End as It Focuses on Parking

Bangkok Transit Agency Disappointed with Open-Loop Adoption Rate with Credit Cards; Rolls Out Prepaid EMV Card

Toronto’s Metrolinx Launches Virtual Closed-Loop Presto Cards for Apple Devices

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

U.S. Intercity Train Service Faces Challenges with Open Loop, but Says ‘Contactless Payment Works on Rail’

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