Tip Sheet: Paris Transport Authority Expected to Procure ABT Back Office
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Tag: Paris
Paris Announces Plans to Enable Open-Loop Payments on Métro; Targets Tourists and Other Occasional Riders
Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités announced today it plans to roll out open-loop payments across the Paris Métro by 2030 and the rest of its bus network by mid-2028. The…
Tip Sheet: Paris Could Soon Decide to Expand Open Loop, with an Even Larger Ticketing System Upgrade Possible
Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités is reportedly expected to decide in May whether to expand open-loop payments to at least part of the Paris Métro and elsewhere beyond its buses.…
Insight: Paris Warms to Open-Loop Payments but Don’t Expect a London-Style Rollout
When Paris regional transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités recently announced it was supporting open-loop payments on board buses, backers of the technology hailed the move as confirmation that one of the…
Paris Transport Authority Still Insists Costs Too High to Support Open Loop, but Resistance Appears to be Falling
Claude Camilli, a longtime ticketing official with Paris transport authority, Île-de-France Mobilités, when asked last week why the authority doesn’t support open-loop payments, responded that costs are too high. He…
Special Report–France: Strong Growth in Open Loop, but Mainly for Occasional Riders; Paris Still Missing in Action
Nearly 50 cities or regions have adopted open-loop payments in France or are scheduled to launch within the next year (see table on this page), with more in the pipeline. …
Paris Transport Officials Announce New Ticketing Options for Olympics; Will They be Sufficient?
The recent announcement by French transport officials of their special fare passes and other ticketing measures for next year’s Olympics in Paris will likely make few people happy. [...]Read More
With Less Than a Year to Go Before Olympics, will Paris Transit Authority be Ready with Ticketing?
Paris regional transit authority Île-de-France Mobilités, or IDFM, has promised to enable “100% of spectators to reach Olympic and Paralympic sites by public transport” next summer during the games. The…
