Editor's Choice Archives - Mobility Payments

Miami Disqualifies Top-Ranked Cubic for $40 Million Back-Office Contract; Vendor Vows to File Objection and to ‘Pursue all Available Remedies’

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2026 (March 2, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

In a surprising reversal, Miami-Dade County today disclosed it has knocked former No. 1-ranked bidder Cubic Transportation Systems out of contention for its $40 million back-office contract after deciding that…

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In-Depth: Cal-ITP Open-Loop Procurement Program Records Biggest Year in 2025 but Several Challenges Remain

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 2, 2026 (March 2, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice

The California Integrated Travel Project, the state-backed “Mobility Marketplace” for open-loop technology, completed its fourth year of operation in 2025, with vendors bringing in a little more than $2.6 million…

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Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 5, 2026 (February 17, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

Miami-Dade County has scheduled a meeting Monday of the Competitive Selection Committee that ranked Cubic Transportation Systems No. 1 in its second and final round of evaluations for the county’s…

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Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 3, 2026 (February 19, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, London

The recent loss by Cubic Transportation Systems of Transport of London’s coveted revenue-collection contract comes at a bad time for the U.S.-based fare-system vendor, as it faces pressure to win…

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Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

by Timothy SunderlandPosted on January 28, 2026 (January 29, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Free Fares

Somewhere in the bowels of New York’s City Hall, a tiger team is figuring out how to fulfill the mayor’s campaign promise of zero-fare buses. The question is, have city…

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Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 16, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Transport for London

Spain-based Indra Group announced today it has signed the new revenue-collection contact with Transport for London–a deal worth up to £845 million (US$1.1 billion) to operate and maintain TfL’s massive…

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Exclusive: Masabi, Moovel and Indra Object to Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Miami’s Back-Office Contract

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 15, 2026 (February 24, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

Three vendors are calling on Miami-Dade County, Fla., officials to nullify the results of a recent competition for a new account-based ticketing back office and to throw out Cubic Transportation…

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Transit Agencies Spending Millions to Replace Gates; Suppliers See an Opportunity

by Timothy SunderlandPosted on January 5, 2026 (February 10, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Fare gates

Transit agencies in the U.S. and beyond are spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars–and, in the case of the New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, potentially more than a…

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Cubic Jumps from Fourth to First in Rank for Miami Back-Office Contract, as Competing Vendors Weigh Protests

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 18, 2025 (January 20, 2026)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Miami

Cubic Transportation Systems vaulted into the lead in the second and final evaluation round for a back-office contract with the county agency that oversees Miami-Dade Transit despite finishing tied for…

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

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 25, 2025 (January 5, 2026)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, WMATA

Washington, D.C, transit authority WMATA will pay vendor Littlepay just under $5.1 million over eight years in licensing, employee and other managed services fees, not counting transaction fees, for running…

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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

Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back

Updated with Judgment: UK Court Allows Transport for London to Enter into Revenue-Collection Contract with Indra

Exclusive: Masabi, Moovel and Indra Object to Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Miami’s Back-Office Contract

Transit Agencies Spending Millions to Replace Gates; Suppliers See an Opportunity

Cubic Jumps from Fourth to First in Rank for Miami Back-Office Contract, as Competing Vendors Weigh Protests

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

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

Los Angeles-Area Commuter Rail Operator Seeks to Offer Open Loop in Time for World Cup, Olympics; Hopes to Fare Better than Northern Counterpart

Denmark Confirms Plans to Shut Down Long-Established Closed-Loop Card in May as Mobile-Ticketing App Hits Two-Thirds Adoption

Miami Declines to Change Evaluation Scores in Back-Office Procurement, Leaving Cubic’s No. 1 Rank Intact

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

Miami to Reconvene Selection Committee after Vendors Challenge Cubic’s No. 1 Ranking for Back-Office Deal; Cubic Threatens Protest

Analysis: Cubic Takes Big Hit to Reputation in Losing Transport for London Contract, as Debt Woes Mount

Special Report: New York Mayor Mamdani Champions Zero-Fare Buses for NYC as Kansas City Prepares to Walk it Back