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Tip Sheet: Fare System Procurement in UAE Capital Canceled; New Tender Request May be Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 26, 2025 (May 4, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Abu Dhabi, NEORide

Also: Visa’s Nick Mackie: Quit or Shown the Door?; Largest Agency on Multistate Ticketing Platform to Launch Fare Capping; Major Agencies Again Meet with Payments Industry [...]Read More

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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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In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

by Dan BalabanPosted on December 5, 2024 (February 11, 2025)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Account-Based Ticketing, NEORide, NTA

Account-based ticketing offers big potential for transit agencies, but also poses challenges, a panel of representatives from agencies in Europe, the Middle East and North America that have rolled out…

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TIP SHEET: Vix and Kuba Ready to Merge? Also: Czech Vendor Wins in Sweden; Overhaul in Miami; Singapore ABT Update; Masabi Contract Expected

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 12, 2024 (March 13, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide, Vix

For several industry observers, the naming earlier this month of Kuba CEO Aaron Ross to also lead Vix Technology–replacing former Vix chief David Maitland–looks at lot like the start of…

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Special Report: NEORide Group in U.S. to Rehire Masabi for Fare System; Did Other Vendors have a Chance?

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 5, 2024 (December 27, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide

UK-based Masabi has held onto an important ticketing contract in the financially squeezed software-as-a-service market–a project that at least some rivals contended that they had little chance of winning, Mobility…

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Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 20, 2023 (January 2, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Editor's Choice, NEORide

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Some groups of small and medium-sized transit agencies in the U.S. are looking to procure new fare or ticketing systems, hoping to get a better deal from vendors than the…

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Budding MaaS App Hits Milestone for Public Transit Tickets but Share of Total Rides Still Low

by Dan BalabanPosted on June 5, 2021 (June 5, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Masabi, Moovit, NEORide, Transit

U.S.-based trip-planning app Transit announced it has enabled 500,000 rides from its app for a group of 13 small to mid-tier transit agencies based in the state of Ohio, though…

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Trip-Planning Giant Moovit Begins to Enable Ticketing and Payments, as Rivals Make Similar Moves

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (April 4, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Masabi, Moovit, NEORide

Moovit, which bills itself as the world's largest “urban mobility app,” has begun to enable public transit ticketing and payments from its platform, as it seeks to deliver what it…

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Ohio-Based Transit Agency Group Planning to Enable Mobile Ticketing Through Uber App

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 1, 2021 (January 3, 2021)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Masabi, NEORide, RTD Denver, Uber

(This premium article was originally published in May 2020. © Mobility Payments and Forthwrite Media.) A consortium of 13 small and mid-tier transit agencies in Ohio and Northern Kentucky plans…

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Tip Sheet: Fare System Procurement in UAE Capital Canceled; New Tender Request May be Coming

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

In-Depth: Agencies See Opportunities–as well as Challenges–in Rolling Out Account-Based Ticketing

TIP SHEET: Vix and Kuba Ready to Merge? Also: Czech Vendor Wins in Sweden; Overhaul in Miami; Singapore ABT Update; Masabi Contract Expected

Special Report: NEORide Group in U.S. to Rehire Masabi for Fare System; Did Other Vendors have a Chance?

Some Small and Mid-Tier U.S. Transit Agencies Join for Group Procurement of Fare Systems: an Emerging Trend?

Budding MaaS App Hits Milestone for Public Transit Tickets but Share of Total Rides Still Low

Trip-Planning Giant Moovit Begins to Enable Ticketing and Payments, as Rivals Make Similar Moves

Ohio-Based Transit Agency Group Planning to Enable Mobile Ticketing Through Uber App

Las Vegas Transit Agency Thought Tourists would Use Open-Loop Payments More than Residents; It was Wrong

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

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award

Is Cubic Challenging London Decision? Sources Say Vendor Sent ‘Letter’ to TfL about Contract Award; CEO Today Said Contract ‘Still in a Standstill Period’

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

Breaking: Cubic Transportation Systems Files Legal Challenge to Transport for London Decision on Revenue-Collection Contract Award

Special Report: Ultra-Wideband Holds Much Promise to Power Hands-Free Ticketing; but Backers Must First Overcome Significant Challenges

Tip Sheet: Speculation Aside on Contract Winner, Losing London would be ‘Big Blow’ to Cubic

Transport for London Committee Approves New Revenue-Collection Contract, but Agency Stays Mum on Winner; Speculation Grows