Metro Archives - Mobility Payments

Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year

by Dan BalabanPosted on July 18, 2022 (July 19, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged LADOT, Metro

Los Angeles transit officials are targeting the end of the year to launch a “mobility wallet,” offering subsidized fares for low-income riders–including 1,000 users of open-loop payments–a spokesman for one…

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Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 22, 2022 (June 29, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Chip shortage, Metro, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Transit agencies continue to see long lead times on their closed-loop card orders because of supply-chain issues, and the situation is unlikely to improve this year. [...]Read More

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‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 1, 2021 (October 1, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Metro, Robin O'Hara

Unlike other major transit agencies in the U.S., which have spent hundreds of millions of dollars replacing or upgrading their fare-collection systems, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has…

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Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year

Transit Agencies Feel Heat from Chip Shortage as They Source Closed-Loop Cards

‘No Way We were Going to Ask for Half a Billion Dollars…’

Masabi wasn't Low Bidder for Montreal Fare-System Contract; Vendor was Likely Helped by Special Pricing Clause in RFP

Netherlands Sees Some Growth in Open-Loop Adoption; Reiterates End Date for Aging Closed-Loop Card

Paris Transport Authority Still Insists Costs Too High to Support Open Loop, but Resistance Appears to be Falling

Masabi Wins Montreal Contract, Beating Out Cubic, Likely Conduent

Barcelona Transport Agency Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments–Two Years Late

Masabi wasn't Low Bidder for Montreal Fare-System Contract; Vendor was Likely Helped by Special Pricing Clause in RFP

Paris Transport Authority Still Insists Costs Too High to Support Open Loop, but Resistance Appears to be Falling

Transport for London Expected to Reveal Winner of Major Revenue-Collection Contract within Weeks

In-Depth: Washington, D.C., Launches Open-Loop Payments on Subway with Overlay Technology; but Transit Agency Incurs Extra Costs

Vix Technology Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million to Settle Covid Relief Loan Fraud Case; CEO Says Penalty Won’t Affect ‘Operations or Financial Position’