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New York’s MTA Celebrates Billionth OMNY Transaction as It Seeks to Put Project Back on Track

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 1, 2023 (October 4, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged MTA

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority last week marked the billionth OMNY transaction, with MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber speaking at a press conference at the subway station where the landmark tap occurred. He touted the OMNY contactless...

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Can Transit Agencies Save Money with Open-Loop Payments?

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 13, 2023 (July 14, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Transit agencies often offer open-loop payments mainly for convenience–that is, to enable their customers to tap to pay for fares with their credit and debit cards and NFC wallets without having to buy a ticket or top-up a closed loop card. [...]

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Second Bidder Questions Procurement Practices behind Melbourne’s 15-Year Fare-System Contract Award

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 20, 2023 (June 21, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Melbourne

A second unsuccessful bidder for Melbourne’s large 15-year AU$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion) fare-system contract is reportedly raising questions about the procurement process, contending that its bid came in well under that of the winning supplier, among...

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Another Italian City to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Will Use Validators from Conduent

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 16, 2023 (June 16, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent

Another Italian city is moving to open-loop payments, with Azienda Trasporti Verona, or ATV, buying EMV-enabled validators from U.S.-based supplier Conduent. [...]

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Second Michigan Transit Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Set to Hire SaaS Ticketing Provider

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 13, 2023 (June 16, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Michigan

A second transit agency in the U.S. state of Michigan plans to introduce open-loop payments, hiring a software-as-a-service vendor to roll out the service. [...]

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U.S. Agency Bypassed Low-Cost Suppliers in Awarding Fare-Collection System Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 31, 2023 (June 1, 2023)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Utah Transit Authority

The Utah Transit Authority received responses from eight vendors to its request for proposal for a new fare system, with five of the vendors submitting lower cost bids than the vendor the authority ended up choosing for the contract, documents obtained by...

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Australia’s Second-Largest State Names Winner of Contract for New Ticketing System

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 16, 2023 (June 20, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Conduent, Melbourne

Australia’s second largest state has hired U.S.-based Conduent to a 15-year, AU$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion), contract to build and operate an account-based ticketing system that will include open-loop payments, the Victoria state minister for public...

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Special Report: How Much Has Open-Loop Payments Reduced Transport for London’s Cost of Fare Collection?

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 11, 2023 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Backers of open-loop payments routinely promise that transit agencies can save substantially on their fare-collection costs by rolling out open-loop payments. But the amount agencies can cut from their ticketing budgets has proved difficult to pin down....

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Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (January 2, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide

Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure new fare or ticketing systems, hoping to get a better deal from vendors than the agencies could on their own. [...]

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Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (August 11, 2023)Posted in Closed Loop, Open LoopTagged SEPTA

For years, Philadelphia transit authority SEPTA was supposed to be the next big agency in North America to support open-loop payments. Now it appears that a launch of open loop might not happen until at least 2026, as part of an overhaul of a fare system that...

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New York’s MTA Celebrates Billionth OMNY Transaction as It Seeks to Put Project Back on Track

Can Transit Agencies Save Money with Open-Loop Payments?

Second Bidder Questions Procurement Practices behind Melbourne’s 15-Year Fare-System Contract Award

Another Italian City to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Will Use Validators from Conduent

Second Michigan Transit Agency Plans to Launch Open-Loop Payments; Set to Hire SaaS Ticketing Provider

U.S. Agency Bypassed Low-Cost Suppliers in Awarding Fare-Collection System Contract

Australia’s Second-Largest State Names Winner of Contract for New Ticketing System

Special Report: How Much Has Open-Loop Payments Reduced Transport for London’s Cost of Fare Collection?

Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

Philadelphia Transit Agency Seeks to Overhaul ‘Troubled’ Fare System

Tip Sheet: Vancouver Accepts Bids for Major System Upgrade–Another Must-Win for Cubic

Officials Plan First Statewide Open-Loop Rollout in U.S.; but Say Federal Rules Bar them from Buying Through Cal-ITP

Updated: Trump Budget Cuts–If Not Rolled Back by Congress–would Deal Blow to U.S. Transit Agencies

Miami-Dade County Mayor Recommends Canceling Problem-Plagued Procurement for Back Office; Officials Plan to Issue New RFP

Glasgow Subway Launches London-Style Open-Loop Service with Help from Sole-Source Deal with Scheidt & Bachmann

Officials Plan First Statewide Open-Loop Rollout in U.S.; but Say Federal Rules Bar them from Buying Through Cal-ITP

State Auditor: Conduent Rollout Schedule for Melbourne Project ‘Overly Optimistic’; Transport Officials Ignored Signs of Risk

Special Report: San Francisco’s MTC and Cubic Battle Through Problem-Plagued Launch of Clipper 2.0

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