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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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New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 27, 2024 (July 7, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

New Zealand’s much-anticipated nationwide open-loop fare system is believed to be running beyond schedule, with officials unlikely to hit project deadlines, including any substantive initial launch this year, Mobility Payments has learned. The project,...

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Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 21, 2024 (February 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, did not add any new transit agencies for the third quarter in a row, as of end of 2023, and open-loop transactions remained low two years after the program began, records obtained by Mobility Payments...

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Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 15, 2024 (February 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami-Dade Transit

U.S.-based Genfare appears set to receive an approximately $65 million contract from Miami-Dade County, Fla., after beating out three other vendors to supply new fare boxes, ticket-vending machines and transit gates for the county's fare-collection system,...

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Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 14, 2024 (April 18, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Czech Republic-based fare-system provider Mikroelektronika submitted the low bid to win the procurement of a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, besting a field of bidders that included nearly 20-year incumbent supplier Vix...

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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

New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

Final Prep by Transit Agencies for World Cup: Will Promise of Open Loop Compel Spectators to Take Buses and Trains?

Sydney Open-Loop Concession System Will be Available to Nearly a Million Riders, as Interest Grows in Technology

Updated: Cubic Loses Sydney Contract in Another Major Blow to Fare-System Vendor

D.C. Transit Authority to Award Contract Worth Up to $75.9 Million to Indra; Cubic to Get Separate Sole-Source Deal

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

Final Prep by Transit Agencies for World Cup: Will Promise of Open Loop Compel Spectators to Take Buses and Trains?

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’