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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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Masabi Seeks to Expand Beyond Mobile Ticketing and to Sign Up Large Agencies, Stoking More Competition with Suppliers Like Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 19, 2021 (August 20, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, SaaS Ticketing

UK-based software-as-a-service ticketing provider Masabi said it is targeting large transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond, seeking to sell the agencies on plugging into its SaaS platform rather than building what Masabi contends are expensive and often...

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Demand Growing for Tap On/Tap Off Fare Payments on UK Buses

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 10, 2021 (August 31, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged First Bus, Go-Ahead Group

More UK bus operators outside of London are expanding their contactless open-loop payments services to enable customers to tap on when they board and tap off at their desired stops, helping to save riders money and collect more data for operators [...]

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California Launches Two More Pilots under Open-Loop Initiative

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on July 28, 2021 (July 29, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Kuba, Littlepay

California transportation officials announced two more pilots for their open-loop payments initiative, Cal-ITP, bringing to four the number of six-month “demonstration” projects they have launched with small transit agencies and vendors. [...]

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Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 9, 2021 (July 9, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cash, Masabi

Ohio-based NEORide consortium, a regional transit group that among other things, handles mobile-ticketing fare collection for 13 transit agencies in the U.S. states of Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan, is seeking to reduce cash from its members buses. It’s the...

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State of California Seeks to Change Way Transit Agencies Procure Fare Systems

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 7, 2021 (September 17, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Caltrans, Editor's Choice, Littlepay, Visa

As the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, sees it, the state’s more than 300 local transit agencies offer a fragmented and inefficient mix of fare collection systems–a fact it says discourages many potential riders among the state’s...

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More Transit Agencies Seek to Eliminate Cash Using Retail Cash Points, Fintechs

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 7, 2021 (July 7, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MBTA, OMNY, RTC of Southern Nevada, Transport for London

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, elimination of cash has taken on greater urgency for transit agencies. Fare-collection system suppliers say they are seeing strong demand for cashless options, including linking their mobile ticketing and contactless...

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Open-Loop Payments Trial at Small California Transit Agency Could Lead to More Rollouts in Giant State

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 5, 2021 (July 25, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Caltrans, Littlepay, Monterey-Salinas Transit

California public bus agency Monterey-Salinas Transit last month officially launched a six-month “demonstration” project to pilot contactless open-loop payments. While the agency is very small, providing only around 3,500 rides per day last year, the...

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

Masabi Seeks to Expand Beyond Mobile Ticketing and to Sign Up Large Agencies, Stoking More Competition with Suppliers Like Cubic

Demand Growing for Tap On/Tap Off Fare Payments on UK Buses

California Launches Two More Pilots under Open-Loop Initiative

Regional Transit Group Enables Cash Loading in Apps

State of California Seeks to Change Way Transit Agencies Procure Fare Systems

More Transit Agencies Seek to Eliminate Cash Using Retail Cash Points, Fintechs

Open-Loop Payments Trial at Small California Transit Agency Could Lead to More Rollouts in Giant State

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

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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

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