Masabi Archives - Mobility Payments

U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash on Board Buses; One of Few Cashless Agencies Nationwide

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 1, 2025 (May 5, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cashless, Masabi

Faced with the choice of replacing aging fareboxes on its bus fleet or stopping cash acceptance altogether on board the vehicles, a small regional U.S. transit agency in Colorado chose…

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Special Report: Masabi and Cubic Seek to Sign Up Transit Agencies in North America with Group Contracts; In-Depth Look at NEORide Deal

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 13, 2024 (May 15, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, NEORide

The largest group fare contract of its kind in the U.S. will become at least a little bit bigger in 2025, when the NEORide council of governments says it will…

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U.S. Agency Pulls Back from Going Cashless, Citing Some Rider Complaints

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 24, 2024 (October 25, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cashless, Masabi

A transit agency in Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday introduced account-based ticketing, fare capping and new reloadable contactless cards, all geared–at least in part–to enable the agency to eliminate cash acceptance on…

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Las Vegas Agency Wagers Open Loop will Pay Off, Despite High Interchange and Other Transaction Fees

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 9, 2024 (August 26, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, RTC

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada collects cash for well over half the rides it delivers on its 400 buses that ply the Las Vegas Strip and other parts…

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Multiple Vendors Disqualified in Bidding to Supply Open-Loop Technology for California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 6, 2022 (October 22, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP, Editor's Choice, Enghouse, Littlepay, Masabi, Scheidt & Bachmann

A number of well-known industry vendors that bid on two much-anticipated contracts from the state of California to the supply open-loop payments technology to transit agencies statewide were disqualified last…

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Collaboration with Uber and Lyft: Two Years on, Transactions Remain Low; Suspicions Run High over Data Sharing

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 18, 2021 (November 19, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, Uber

When the Regional Transportation District of Denver began enabling Uber to sell its bus and train tickets in May 2019-in the first integration of its kind in the world-it was…

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Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as It Builds Equity with Fare Capping

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 3, 2021 (November 19, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged COTA, Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

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The Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA, officially launched its new digital-payments service Monday, including a fare-capping feature that the agency estimates will cost it $1.8 million per year in…

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U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2021 (November 3, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Greater Dayton RTA, Masabi

In the run-up to the elimination of cash fares on board its fixed-route buses and trolleybuses today, the Greater Dayton RTA had reduced cash payments to less than 10% of…

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U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 5, 2021 (October 5, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, Masabi, SORTA

Most mid-tier transit agencies in the U.S., like the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, or SORTA, in Cincinnati, still have to deal with high usage of cash and paper tickets…

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Transit Agency to Enable Cash Loading, Fare Capping with Mobile Ticketing

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on August 25, 2021 (September 2, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Cash loading, Masabi, Transit app

Another public transit agency plans to enable customers to load value to their mobile accounts at retail locations and to buy tickets through both a local app and the trip-planning…

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U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash on Board Buses; One of Few Cashless Agencies Nationwide

Special Report: Masabi and Cubic Seek to Sign Up Transit Agencies in North America with Group Contracts; In-Depth Look at NEORide Deal

U.S. Agency Pulls Back from Going Cashless, Citing Some Rider Complaints

Las Vegas Agency Wagers Open Loop will Pay Off, Despite High Interchange and Other Transaction Fees

Multiple Vendors Disqualified in Bidding to Supply Open-Loop Technology for California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’

Collaboration with Uber and Lyft: Two Years on, Transactions Remain Low; Suspicions Run High over Data Sharing

Ohio Transit Agency Expects Significant Revenue Loss as It Builds Equity with Fare Capping

U.S. Transit Agency Eliminates Cash Acceptance on Board Its Vehicles as Planned

U.S. Transit Agency Introduces Scanning of Mobile Tickets, but Overall Move to Electronic Payments Progressing Slowly

Transit Agency to Enable Cash Loading, Fare Capping with Mobile Ticketing

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

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

Queensland Cites Cubic Delays, 50-Cent Fares, as Reasons for Changing Smart Ticketing Contract

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

Major San Francisco Transit Operator BART to Launch Open-Loop Payments Tomorrow following Delays

Cubic Execs Seek to Calm Worries among Agencies and Employees as Its Poor Showing in London and Lawsuit against TfL Sink in