You searched for Cal-itp - Page 6 of 8

California Commuter Rail Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 18, 2022 (October 19, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Capitol Corridor, Elavon, Kuba, Littlepay

The Capitol Corridor commuter and intercity rail service in Northern California plans to launch an open-loop payments trial in February, likely followed by a full rollout of the technology, Mobility Payments has learned. [...]

Preview Article

Transit Agency Group Gets Low Price in California Open-Loop Procurement

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 2, 2022 (August 11, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

In one of the first procurements of open-loop technology past the pilot stage for the pioneering California Integrated Travel Project, a group of rural transit agencies in Northern California received a low price for its planned open-loop payments rollout,...

Preview Article

Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 21, 2022 (July 22, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged France, IDFM, Wizway

Users of open-loop payments in France are mainly tourists and occasional riders paying for single tickets–not the transit agencies’ regular customers–the head of a company that implements closed-loop mobile NFC ticketing in France, told Mobility...

Preview Article

Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 18, 2022 (July 19, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged LADOT, Metro

Los Angeles transit officials are targeting the end of the year to launch a “mobility wallet,” offering subsidized fares for low-income riders–including 1,000 users of open-loop payments–a spokesman for one of the agencies involved told Mobility...

Preview Article

Central Bank in Latin American Country Drives Nationwide Rollout of Open Loop; Can It Serve as a Model Elsewhere?

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 21, 2022 (June 23, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Central Bank of Costa Rica, Editor's Choice, Littlepay

In a first for Latin America and perhaps one of the only projects of its kind in the world, the Central Bank of Costa Rica is building a nationwide infrastructure for open-loop transit payments, as it seeks to ultimately eliminate cash on board its buses and...

Preview Article

Exclusive: Group of Small Transit Agencies Confirms Plans to Roll Out Open-Loop Payments Under California Program

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 2, 2022 (June 3, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

A group of rural transit agencies in far Northern California are in the process of signing contracts with vendors to roll out open-loop payments under the state-backed Cal-ITP program, perhaps the first agencies to confirm they are contracting with vendors...

Preview Article

Transit Agency: High Bank Card Fees Would Limit Open-Loop Rollouts in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (August 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice, Sacramento Regional Transit

A top revenue manager for Sacramento Regional Transit, the agency serving California’s capital city, said he believes there won’t be widespread rollouts of open-loop payments in California or throughout the U.S. until payments networks and banks reduce...

Preview Article

Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (October 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Visa has quietly introduced a new interchange category for transit agencies in California, Mobility Payments has learned. If rolled out nationally and across more card types, the changes could substantially reduce the high fees that agencies pay to accept...

Preview Article

California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (February 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

California’s “Mobility Marketplace,” which aims to sell transit agencies in the state and beyond the core components they need build open-loop fare-collection systems, is now open for business. [...]

Preview Article

California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 24, 2022 (February 26, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

Gillian Gillett, manager for the California Integrated Mobility program in the state Department of Transportation, once observed that 97% of Californians never even think about using public transit. “I mean, if we were a business, we would be out of...

Preview Article

Search Results for: Cal-itp

California Commuter Rail Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments

Transit Agency Group Gets Low Price in California Open-Loop Procurement

Open Loop Has Limitations for Riders and Transit Agencies, Says French Closed-Loop Tech Supplier

Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year

Central Bank in Latin American Country Drives Nationwide Rollout of Open Loop; Can It Serve as a Model Elsewhere?

Exclusive: Group of Small Transit Agencies Confirms Plans to Roll Out Open-Loop Payments Under California Program

Transit Agency: High Bank Card Fees Would Limit Open-Loop Rollouts in U.S.

Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’

Sound Transit Moves Closer to Fare Gates to Combat Losses from Evasion; Projected ROI Sees Payback within Three Years

Port Authority in U.S. Plans to Replace Aging Fare Gates; Project Seeks to Limit Fare Evasion

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Operators Urge MTC to ‘Pursue all Contractual Remedies’ to Recover Lost Revenue, Costs for Clipper Problems

In-Depth: Who is Behind Little-Known Company Serving as Key Subcontractor for Winning Vendor of Sydney Contract?

Ex-Cubic President Torrellas Lands at Supply Chain Risk Management Company after Unsuccessful Three-Year Run at CTS

Sound Transit Moves Closer to Fare Gates to Combat Losses from Evasion; Projected ROI Sees Payback within Three Years

In-Depth: Who is Behind Little-Known Company Serving as Key Subcontractor for Winning Vendor of Sydney Contract?

Cubic Could Face Penalties for Problem-Plagued Next-Generation Clipper Rollout in San Francisco

In-Depth: LA Metro Launches Open Loop in Time for World Cup; Last Top 10 U.S. Transit Agency to Support Technology

Montgomery-Torrellas Resigns as Cubic Transportation Systems President; Cubic Corp. CEO to Take Over as Interim Chief