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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Didn’t Add New Transit Agencies During Q2, as Orange County Balks

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 14, 2023 (January 17, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The Orange County Transportation Authority, or OCTA, in Southern California, would seem to be exactly the type of transit agency that the state’s open-loop procurement program, Cal-ITP, is targeting. [...]

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U.S. Transit Agency Swaps Out Validators after Supplier Misses Bid Deadline by Three Hours

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 10, 2023 (July 12, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged California

The first transit agency to pilot open-loop payments under an unconventional procurement program backed by the U.S. state of California is set to make the payments service permanent starting this month. [...]

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Debate Panel Split on Whether Transit Agencies Should Support Concessions with Open Loop

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 7, 2023 (January 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Transit agencies rolling out open-loop payments have an important question or two to answer: Should they include concessionary discounts with their open-loop service, and, if so, how? [...]

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‘Frankly Outrageous’: Open-Loop Pioneer Says Interchange Fees for Transit Agencies Too High, Especially in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 29, 2023 (July 6, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Interchange, OVpay, Transport for London

Shashi Verma, chief technology officer for Transport for London and the driving force behind the agency’s landmark open-loop payments service, called for greater regulation of interchange rates outside of the UK and European Union to reduce fees agencies...

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Supporting Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop ‘Remains a Challenge’

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 22, 2023 (July 6, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Concessionary discounts, Land Transport Authority, Transport for London

While more and more transit agencies globally are enabling their customers to tap credit and debit cards and NFC wallets to pay fares, there are obstacles limiting growth. [...]

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California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Completes First Full Year with Few Agencies Ordering Open-Loop Technology So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 18, 2023 (July 8, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Capitol Corridor

In its first full year of operation, a state-backed program in California targeted at small to mid-sized transit agencies– encouraging them to buy open-loop payments technology–has attracted orders from just six agencies and one small group. [...]

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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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Dutch Transit Agencies Plan to Move Forward Linking Concessions to Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 6, 2023 (April 7, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Netherlands

Transit agencies in the Netherlands have released more details about their plans to support concessionary fares and other popular discounts with open-loop payments, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

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Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 30, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Mifare, OMNY, OVpay, Stockholm

Transit agency Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched what is believed to be the industry’s first rollout of white-label EMV cards for its closed-loop customers in September 2021. To date it has issued around 1.5 million cards, which...

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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Didn’t Add New Transit Agencies During Q2, as Orange County Balks

U.S. Transit Agency Swaps Out Validators after Supplier Misses Bid Deadline by Three Hours

Debate Panel Split on Whether Transit Agencies Should Support Concessions with Open Loop

‘Frankly Outrageous’: Open-Loop Pioneer Says Interchange Fees for Transit Agencies Too High, Especially in U.S.

Supporting Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop ‘Remains a Challenge’

California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Completes First Full Year with Few Agencies Ordering Open-Loop Technology So Far

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?

Dutch Transit Agencies Plan to Move Forward Linking Concessions to Open-Loop Payments

Special Report: Despite Industry Push, Few Transit Agencies Rolling Out ‘Closed-Loop EMV’ So Far

Tip Sheet: Next Major Fare-System Contract Award Could be in Sydney; It’s a Must-Win for Cubic

Special Report: San Francisco’s MTC and Cubic Battle Through Problem-Plagued Launch of Clipper 2.0

Miami Disqualifies Top-Ranked Cubic for $40 Million Back-Office Contract; Vendor Vows to File Objection and to ‘Pursue all Available Remedies’

In-Depth: Cal-ITP Open-Loop Procurement Program Records Biggest Year in 2025 but Several Challenges Remain

Los Angeles-Area Commuter Rail Operator Seeks to Offer Open Loop in Time for World Cup, Olympics; Hopes to Fare Better than Northern Counterpart

Special Report: San Francisco’s MTC and Cubic Battle Through Problem-Plagued Launch of Clipper 2.0

Miami Disqualifies Top-Ranked Cubic for $40 Million Back-Office Contract; Vendor Vows to File Objection and to ‘Pursue all Available Remedies’

In-Depth: Cal-ITP Open-Loop Procurement Program Records Biggest Year in 2025 but Several Challenges Remain

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

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