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Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA abruptly removed an agenda item for today’s board meeting for a vote on awarding Cubic Transportation Systems a $200 million-plus fare contract. Was rival vendor Conduent Transportation involved?
Conduent, which has worked on SEPTA’s fare system for more than 12 years, believes it has invested much in the system. That includes launching open-loop payments in October 2023, although late.
• SEPTA (Philadelphia)
• Cubic
• Conduent
After months of delay, the board vote on a much-anticipated award of a contract for the Key 2.0 fare system by Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA was scheduled for today. The agency staff has recommended that Cubic Transportation Systems be hired for the $211 million project.
Then SEPTA abruptly pulled the agenda item late last week, with an agency spokesman telling Mobility Payments only that,
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