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

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 26, 2024 (April 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Ireland

Ireland’s National Transport Authority has pushed back the long-anticipated announcement of its large fare-system contract once again, but this time only until Monday. The announcement, presumed to be the winner of the long-delayed contract for a...

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Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 11, 2024 (April 12, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Italy, MTA, RKRP, Sydney

taly’s national rail operator, Trenitalia, has launched an open-loop pilot with broad fare-capping options in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, on a rail line between the cities of Verona and Venice. The pilot, which launched last week, is believed to...

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Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 10, 2024 (April 21, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark, RKRP

Denmark’s national transport ticketing system provider announced Tuesday it had hit the first milestone in its project to replace its closed-loop travel card with a GPS-based mobile-ticketing app. The announcement of the initial launch for up to 20,000...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 8, 2024 (May 22, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, NTA, OMNY, SEPTA

As Mobility Payments reported late last month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been issuing a reloadable closed-loop OMNY card since October 2021, which uses white-label EMV technology. But the card still makes up only 3% of OMNY...

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RFP for Sydney’s Big Opal Next Generation Project Expected in Coming Months

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 8, 2024 (April 9, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sydney, Transport for New South Wales

Update: A long-awaited request for proposal for the major Opal Next Generation project from Sydney authority Transport for New South Wales is now expected "around the middle of 2024," an agency spokeswoman told Mobility Payments. That will be two years after...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 19, 2024 (March 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Auckland, Editor's Choice, London, Sweden, Venice

An official with Venice transit agency AVM said the agency plans to launch its delayed open-loop service in the tourist mecca on May 1, which would be one year later than originally planned, Mobility Payments has learned. The project is noteworthy because...

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 15, 2024 (March 16, 2024)Posted in MaaSTagged Editor's Choice

Sampo Hietanen, founder and CEO of high-profile mobility-as-a-service start-up MaaS Global this evening issued some of first comments since his company filed for bankruptcy yesterday, lamenting, “Nothing breaks like a dream.” Hietanen, considered a guru...

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CEO of Thales Fare Unit: Expect ‘Continuity’ of Operations When Hitachi Takes Over

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 13, 2024 (March 14, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Thales

The head of fare-systems supplier Thales RCS confirmed that there will be a “continuity” of operations for the vendor after Hitachi Rail completes its acquisition of Thales Ground Transportation Systems, of which RCS is a part. Jean-Marc Reynaud, CEO of...

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Tip Sheet: Vix Chief Ross Dismisses Talk of Merger with Kuba

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 13, 2024 (March 24, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Tmoney, Transport for London, Vix Technology

Vix Technology CEO Aaron Ross told Mobility Payments that even though he will continue to head up both Vix and Kuba and that the two fare vendors share a private equity owner and have a close working relationship, there are no plans for the companies to...

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Denmark’s Much-Anticipated Mobile-Ticketing App Will Launch as Pilot This Year before Backers Seek to Scale It Up

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 8, 2024 (April 11, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Danish fare-collection company Rejsekort & Rejseplan, or RKRP, plans to launch a pilot of its high-profile nationwide mobile-ticketing service sometime in 2024 and will offer open-loop payments to customers who cannot or will not use the new mobile service,...

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

Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping

Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go

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

RFP for Sydney’s Big Opal Next Generation Project Expected in Coming Months

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

CEO of Thales Fare Unit: Expect ‘Continuity’ of Operations When Hitachi Takes Over

Tip Sheet: Vix Chief Ross Dismisses Talk of Merger with Kuba

Denmark’s Much-Anticipated Mobile-Ticketing App Will Launch as Pilot This Year before Backers Seek to Scale It Up

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Tip Sheet: Layoffs Expected at Cubic; Fare Vendor Discloses ‘New Operating Model,’ Though Releases Few Details

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

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Maitland Out at Cubic; CTS President Montgomery-Torrellas to Take Over ‘Growth’ Position Himself

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure