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MaaS Expert: Mobility-as-a-Service Initiatives on Wrong Track; New ‘Framework’ Needed

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 10, 2022 (March 11, 2022)Posted in MaaSTagged David Hensher

Mobility as a service, at least in its present form, will not scale and has little commercial sustainability. MaaS, in fact, may never live up to its hype or see large-scale rollouts. [...]

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British Transit Agency Adds Closed-Loop Card to Google Pay for Pay-as-You-Go Fares

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on March 7, 2022 (March 8, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Google Pay, Nexus, Tyne and Ware Metro

Riders on the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England are now able to tap to pay for pay-as-you-go fares with a digital version of the closed-loop Pop card in Google Pay. [...]

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Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 3, 2022 (March 4, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged SL, Sweden

Nearly a year after Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched open-loop payments for its multimodal transport network, the agency was seeing around 15% of its total fare revenue coming from contactless EMV payments, according to figures...

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Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on February 22, 2022 (April 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged AMT, Visa

Italian transit operator AMT along with Visa have launched a pilot of open-loop fares payments, enabling multipassenger fare capping for the first time in Italy–and probably for one of the first times globally. [...]

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Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 9, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cubic Transportation Systems, Milwaukee County Transit System

The Milwaukee County Transit System today announced its plans to launch its new fare-collection system using the Umo Mobility platform from Cubic Transportation Systems in the fall. The system will support mobile fare payments and closed-loop contactless...

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French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on February 3, 2022 (March 21, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Besançon, Kuba, Littlepay

The city of Besançon in Eastern France has launched contactless open-loop fare payments supporting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit and debit cards, as well as cards supporting France’s Cartes Bancaires domestic debit scheme. [...]

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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged InComm Payments, MBTA

Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses and other vehicles or plan to do so. [...]

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Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 17, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Infineon, Ultra-wideband

Demand for hands-free (or nearly hands-free) ticketing has been growing, using such technologies as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS to enable customers to board buses and trains with only a swipe of their finger in a smartphone app to check-in and check-out....

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Moscow Joint Venture Launches Test of Mobile POS, as It Seeks to Further Expand Reach of Closed-Loop Troika

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 12, 2022 (January 13, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Moscow Metro

A joint venture of the Moscow city government and state-owned Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, has launched a test of a mobile-POS app for bus drivers to use to accept fare payments from the closed-loop Troika card along with contactless bank cards and NFC...

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Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 5, 2022 (January 6, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Transport for London, UITP, Visa

One of the main selling points for open-loop payments is that it offers a form of interoperability that enables riders to use the same credit or debit card to pay their fares whether they ride in London, New York or Singapore. [...]

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MaaS Expert: Mobility-as-a-Service Initiatives on Wrong Track; New ‘Framework’ Needed

British Transit Agency Adds Closed-Loop Card to Google Pay for Pay-as-You-Go Fares

Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping

Milwaukee Transit Agency Announces More Details of New Fare-Collection Project Using Cubic’s Umo Platform

French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries

In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

Faster and More Accurate than Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Can Ultra-Wideband Deliver on Promise of Hands-Free Ticketing?

Moscow Joint Venture Launches Test of Mobile POS, as It Seeks to Further Expand Reach of Closed-Loop Troika

Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That

Changeover Underway to New Vendor for Switzerland’s Fast-Growing Mobile-Ticketing Service

Miami Transit Agency Prepares to Release Tender Request for Back Office for Its Fare-System Overhaul

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’

Tip Sheet: Sydney’s Transport for NSW Says Procurement of Opal Next-Gen System Still on Track; Also, Why Kurt Brissett Likely Left the Agency

In-Depth: Projects to Watch in California for Concessionary Discounts with Open Loop; Will More Riders Tap Bank Cards to Get Their Reduced Fares?

Vendor for Denmark’s High-Profile Mobile-Ticketing Service Contends Contract Loss in Switzerland Won’t Compromise Company ‘Stability’ or ‘Strategy’

Exclusive: U.S. Tariffs Will Cause Pain for Fare Vendors and Agencies, Though They May Not Spur More Manufacturing in U.S.