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Apple Enables Virtual SmarTrip Fare Card for Apple Pay in Washington, D.C., with More Closed-Loop Transit Cards Expected This Year in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2020 (January 17, 2021)Posted in Closed Loop, Mobile TicketingTagged Apple Pay, Cubic, SmarTrip, WMATA

Apple added support for its latest closed-loop transit card for Apple Pay, enabling customers of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA, to tap their NFC-enabled iPhones and Apple Watches to pay for rides with WMATA’s SmarTrip virtual...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2026 (March 2, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

The California Integrated Travel Project, the state-backed “Mobility Marketplace” for open-loop technology, completed its fourth year of operation in 2025, with vendors bringing in a little more than $2.6 million in validator orders and related costs...

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Transit Agencies Spending Millions to Replace Gates; Suppliers See an Opportunity

by Timothy SunderlandPosted on January 5, 2026 (February 10, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Fare gates

Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond are spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars–and, in the case of the New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, potentially more than a billion–as they replace aging gates and seek to combat fare...

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Vancouver Transit Authority Issues RFP for Major Fare-System Upgrade; Believed to Have Rejected Sole-Source Proposal

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 5, 2025 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Vancouver

Vancouver transit authority TransLink has issued a request for proposal to upgrade its fare-payments system, a project that could be worth an estimated CA$507 million (US$360 million) in capital expenses alone. The estimate comes from TransLink's 2025...

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Atlanta Transit Agency Wants to Introduce Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup Next Year; will Vendor INIT be Ready?

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 3, 2025 (September 3, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Atlanta, INIT

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, said it plans to launch open-loop payments in time for the FIFA World Cup matches the city will host next year–though some have their doubts the agency will hit that target. The now $300...

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Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 14, 2025 (October 5, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Less than a week after the stunning disclosure by Cubic that it had filed a lawsuit against Transport for London seeking to challenge the loss of the agency’s coveted revenue-collection contract, executives are trying to allay concerns among other transport...

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Masabi wasn’t Low Bidder for Montreal Fare-System Contract; Vendor was Likely Helped by Special Pricing Clause in RFP

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 10, 2025 (July 30, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Montreal

UK-based Masabi won the recently announced contract to provide a new fare system for Montreal-area transit authority ARTM with what is believed to be a substantially higher total bid than at least part of the competition, Mobility Payments has learned. ARTM...

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Masabi Wins Montreal Contract, Beating Out Cubic, Likely Conduent

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 20, 2025 (July 24, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Montreal

UK-based Masabi has won a contract reported to be worth at least CA$125 million (US$91.1 million) from Montreal-area transport authority ARTM, beating out Cubic Transportation Systems, likely incumbent Conduent Transportation and four other suppliers. It's...

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Ratings Agency Warns of ‘Onerous Debt Burden’ for Cubic, but Says Vendor’s Transit Clients Shouldn’t Worry

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 17, 2025 (April 28, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Cubic

S&P Global, a major ratings agency, has downgraded Cubic Corp.’s credit rating to CCC+ from an already low B-, warning of an "onerous debt burden" for the company that includes Cubic Transportation Systems. The primary analyst for the ratings change told...

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In-Depth: Cubic Gets Must-Win Contract in Philadelphia, Beating Accenture on Price; Incumbent Conduent Sent Packing

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 27, 2025 (September 18, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Philadelphia, SEPTA

Cubic Transportation Systems, as expected, won a major fare-system contract from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in Philadelphia, with the SEPTA board approving a $211 million deal Thursday. It was considered a must-win contract for...

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Apple Enables Virtual SmarTrip Fare Card for Apple Pay in Washington, D.C., with More Closed-Loop Transit Cards Expected This Year in U.S.

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

Transit Agencies Spending Millions to Replace Gates; Suppliers See an Opportunity

Vancouver Transit Authority Issues RFP for Major Fare-System Upgrade; Believed to Have Rejected Sole-Source Proposal

Atlanta Transit Agency Wants to Introduce Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup Next Year; will Vendor INIT be Ready?

Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in

Masabi wasn’t Low Bidder for Montreal Fare-System Contract; Vendor was Likely Helped by Special Pricing Clause in RFP

Masabi Wins Montreal Contract, Beating Out Cubic, Likely Conduent

Ratings Agency Warns of ‘Onerous Debt Burden’ for Cubic, but Says Vendor’s Transit Clients Shouldn’t Worry

In-Depth: Cubic Gets Must-Win Contract in Philadelphia, Beating Accenture on Price; Incumbent Conduent Sent Packing

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

Denmark Confirms Plans to Shut Down Long-Established Closed-Loop Card in May as Mobile-Ticketing App Hits Two-Thirds Adoption

Miami Declines to Change Evaluation Scores in Back-Office Procurement, Leaving Cubic’s No. 1 Rank Intact

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

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back