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Montreal Transport Authority to Issue New RFP after Disappointing Results from Previous Tender Request

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 5, 2024 (November 7, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Montreal

Montreal-area transport authority, Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, or ARTM, plans to issue a new call for tenders in coming weeks for its planned account-based ticketing system after scrapping the previous tender request last month because...

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Open-Loop Payments: Are U.S. Transit Agencies Ready for the Costs?: A Discussion

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 2, 2024 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

A top official with Helsinki transport agency HSL made headlines over this past weekend, Aug. 31, when he was quoted as actually discouraging customers from using contactless open-loop payments when the agency launches the long-delayed service. That’s...

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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Has Another Disappointing Quarter, with Low Orders and Adoption

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 20, 2024 (September 21, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

Vendors with master service agreements under the California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, received orders for validators of just under $70,000 combined, with gateway and inspection fees accounting for another $11,200. The updated figures come from...

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San Diego Transit Official Touts Ease of Use of Open Loop but also Describes Challenges to Support Technology

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 7, 2024 (August 12, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged San Diego

While touting the convenience and ease of use of open-loop payments, an official with San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System recently called for more “standards” and consistency in implementation of the technology. Israel Maldonado, director of fare...

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Tip Sheet: Jakarta to Launch Open-Loop Payments This Year on Sole Metro Line, with Help from Mastercard

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 29, 2024 (July 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Jarkarta, Tranitalia

Jakarta, Indonesia, opened its first metro line serving the megalopolis of more than 10 million people in 2019, and so far only accepts fares from closed-loop contactless cards and single paper tickets bearing QR codes. Soon it plans to add an option for...

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Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 9, 2024 (July 10, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Denmark’s high-profile project to replace its much-used closed-loop fare card with a nationwide mobile-ticketing app has hit another snag–an investigation by the country’s data protection agency. National transport-ticketing company Rejsekort &...

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Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 3, 2024 (May 16, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Melbourne

State transport officials in Melbourne are not voicing any concerns publicly, but behind the scenes, they are believed to be growing increasingly impatient with the apparent slow progress their main vendor, Conduent Transportation, is making on implementing a...

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Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 21, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Tip Sheet

The proposed contract for the new Key 2.0 fare system in Philadelphia goes to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority board in July for approval, according to a SEPTA official, who is not revealing whether the agency has chosen a vendor...

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Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 6, 2024 (August 31, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

When Phil Eng arrived in Boston to take over as general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in April 2023, he assumed control of a transit system beset with crumbling infrastructure, labor shortages, budget shortfalls and safety...

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Denmark Issues Tender Request for Card Validators for Customers Who Will Not Use Nationwide Mobile-Ticketing App

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 31, 2024 (September 5, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark, RKRP

Danish transport officials this week issued a tender request for vendors to supply validators to accept prepaid closed-loop cards and open-loop payments from customers who cannot or will not use the country’s nationwide mobile-ticketing apps. The tender...

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Montreal Transport Authority to Issue New RFP after Disappointing Results from Previous Tender Request

Open-Loop Payments: Are U.S. Transit Agencies Ready for the Costs?: A Discussion

California Open-Loop Procurement Program Has Another Disappointing Quarter, with Low Orders and Adoption

San Diego Transit Official Touts Ease of Use of Open Loop but also Describes Challenges to Support Technology

Tip Sheet: Jakarta to Launch Open-Loop Payments This Year on Sole Metro Line, with Help from Mastercard

Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns

Melbourne Project Believed to be Behind Schedule; Officials Keep Mum about Any Problems

Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July

Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?

Denmark Issues Tender Request for Card Validators for Customers Who Will Not Use Nationwide Mobile-Ticketing App

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

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Tip Sheet: Cubic Believed to be Sole Vendor in Running for Sydney Deal; TfL: Revenue-Collection Procurement Not Over Yet; Madrid Seeks ABT System

Review of New Zealand National Fare Project Predicts More ‘Significant Delays’ and Likely Cost Overruns; Government in ‘Commercial' Talks with Cubic, Others

Transit Agency Serving California Capital Introduces SaaS-Based Fare System; Plans to Replace Existing Closed-Loop Card and App

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

Cubic Contends It was Low Bidder and should have Won London Contract; Claims Unfair Treatment, Possible Conflict of Interest as Details of Lawsuit Emerge

Review of New Zealand National Fare Project Predicts More ‘Significant Delays’ and Likely Cost Overruns; Government in ‘Commercial' Talks with Cubic, Others

One Year On: Denmark’s Bold Mobile-First Strategy has Reached Nearly 50% Adoption; Getting the Rest Could be More Difficult

Updated: Cubic Short-Listed for Must-Win Sydney Contract; Hitachi Rail, Others, Believed Out