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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,...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (April 22, 2022)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...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (December 14, 2022)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...

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Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 23, 2022 (July 18, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, LADOT

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, or LADOT, the city-owned transit agency that runs fixed-route and commuter bus service in and around the city, plans to launch a trial of open-loop payments as part of the California Integrated Travel Project,...

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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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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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Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 22, 2024 (April 26, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged LA Metro, NTA, SEPTA

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is believed to be looking at introducing open-loop payments and is considering rehiring Cubic with a sole-source contract to implement the new payments service, along with other account-based...

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Tip Sheet: Transport for London Criticizes Payments Industry for Rising Fees and Higher Fraud Losses

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 5, 2024 (March 19, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London

Complaining of rising transaction fees and higher fraud, Transport or London today suggested that actions by banks and payments schemes threatened to kill the “golden goose” of contactless fare payments for the agency. Andrew Anderson, the agency’s...

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

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

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

Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked

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

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

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

Tip Sheet: Transport for London Criticizes Payments Industry for Rising Fees and Higher Fraud Losses

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

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent

Irish Fare System Announcement Moved to Monday; Spain’s Indra Believed to Have Submitted Low Bid

Small Dutch Start-Up that Bought MaaS Global Assets Says It Can Avoid ‘Pitfalls’ That Defeated Whim App

Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic

Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland

Tip Sheet: Why is EMV-Enabled Closed-Loop OMNY Card Failing to Take Off?

Three Big Agencies Say Devices Starting to Dominate Cards for Open-Loop Payments

Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

From Guru to Poster Child for MaaS’ Failures, Whim App Founder Calls it Quits