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In-Depth: Open Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Sees Few Orders or Launches During First Year; Backers Contend More Projects in Pipeline

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 6, 2023 (May 18, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP
Card tapped at terminal-California
California’s bold experiment into helping transit agencies procure technology to launch open-loop payments is off to a slow start, with only eight agencies–most very small–placing orders with state-vetted vendors through…
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California Open-Loop Procurement Program Looks to U.S. Federal Agency to Find More Validator Suppliers

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2023 (March 7, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP
Phone at terminal in Santa Barbara
The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, wants to find more suppliers of validators that can accept open-loop payments, and it has asked a U.S. federal agency for assistance, Mobility…
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California Replaces System That Helped Link Concessionary Fares to Open-Loop Cards Following Review by State Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 20, 2022 (September 30, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP
Card at terminal-Monetery-Salinas Transit
California transit officials have relaunched their senior discount verification program after shutting it down for six months, during which multiple state agencies conducted a security review, Mobility Payments has learned.…
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Transit Agency Group Gets Low Price in California Open-Loop Procurement

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 2, 2022 (August 11, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice
Phone at terminal in Santa Barbara
In one of the first procurements of open-loop technology past the pilot stage for the pioneering California Integrated Travel Project, a group of rural transit agencies in Northern California received…
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Exclusive: Group of Small Transit Agencies Confirms Plans to Roll Out Open-Loop Payments Under California Program

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 2, 2022 (June 3, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP
A group of rural transit agencies in far Northern California are in the process of signing contracts with vendors to roll out open-loop payments under the state-backed Cal-ITP program, perhaps…
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Transit Agency: High Bank Card Fees Would Limit Open-Loop Rollouts in U.S.

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 14, 2022 (August 30, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice, Sacramento Regional Transit
SacRT trains visa
A top revenue manager for Sacramento Regional Transit, the agency serving California’s capital city, said he believes there won’t be widespread rollouts of open-loop payments in California or throughout the…
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Visa Quietly Lowers Interchange for Transit Agencies in California but Scope of Reductions Limited So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (October 2, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice
Card at terminal, Monterey-Salinas Transit
Visa has quietly introduced a new interchange category for transit agencies in California, Mobility Payments has learned. If rolled out nationally and across more card types, the changes could substantially…
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California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’ Officially Open for Business; Vendors Offer Range of Prices and Integration Levels

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 17, 2022 (February 15, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice
Santa Monica bus blurred
California’s “Mobility Marketplace,” which aims to sell transit agencies in the state and beyond the core components they need build open-loop fare-collection systems, is now open for business. [...]Read More
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California Open-Loop Program Chief: Transit Agencies Should Stop Thinking They Need to Create a ‘Separate Currency’

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 24, 2022 (February 26, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice
Gillian Gillett, manager for the California Integrated Mobility program in the state Department of Transportation, once observed that 97% of Californians never even think about using public transit. “I mean,…
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Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 23, 2022 (July 18, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, LADOT
LADOT Commuter Express bus
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, or LADOT, the city-owned transit agency that runs fixed-route and commuter bus service in and around the city, plans to launch a trial of…
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Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Oct 20, 2026

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Oct 14, 2026

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Oct 05, 2026

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Oct 01, 2026

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Sep 30, 2026

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Oct 05, 2026

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Oct 14, 2026

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Oct 01, 2026

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Sep 30, 2026

U.S. Transit Agency Aims to Go Cashless and also Launch Open Loop; Plans to Surcharge Riders to Cover Bank Card Fees

Sep 16, 2026

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Oct 14, 2026

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Oct 05, 2026

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Sep 30, 2026

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Sep 14, 2026

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent

Sep 04, 2026

Recent Posts

  • Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project
  • Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?
  • Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor
  • Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’
  • Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

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