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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 all trips, while 92% of the trips were paid for with digital payments–either...

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While Interest is Growing in Going Cashless in U.S., Few Agencies have Accomplished the Feat So Far

by Dan BalabanPosted on September 13, 2021 (September 17, 2021)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Big Blue Bus, Cashless, Greater Dayton RTA

The Greater Dayton RTA, which this month stopped accepting paper passes and tickets, will hit its Nov. 1 deadline to go completely cashless on board its vehicles, an agency representative confirmed to Mobility Payments. [...]

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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 board its buses. It would have made...

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Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

by Dan BalabanPosted on November 1, 2022 (November 2, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged Editor's Choice

Despite significant costs for handling cash, very few transit agencies in the U.S. have eliminated cash from their fare-collection systems. But the head of one small bus agency in South Carolina, which recently launched open-loop payments, says he plans to...

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Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on April 6, 2022 (April 7, 2022)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Transit app

The Transit app has recorded nearly 2.5 million ticketing transactions since it began enabling transit agency customers to buy tickets in its trip-planning app in 2019, the app provider told [...]

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Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 31, 2022 (July 23, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged INIT

While Houston Metro, a large public bus agency in the U.S., plans to introduce open-loop payments as part of an account-based ticketing system now being built for it, the agency has no plans to phase out cash acceptance on board its more than 1,200 buses, a...

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In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 2, 2022 (February 16, 2022)Posted in Closed LoopTagged InComm Payments, MBTA

Despite the strong push behind electronic fare payments and buzz around going cashless, only a few transit agencies in the U.S. have actually eliminated cash acceptance on board their buses and other vehicles or plan to do so. [...]

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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

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 lost fare revenue, the agency confirmed to Mobility...

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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 on board their buses and other transit vehicles, even as the continuing...

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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 Transit app. [...]

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

While Interest is Growing in Going Cashless in U.S., Few Agencies have Accomplished the Feat So Far

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

Small U.S. Transit Agency has Big Ambition to Eliminate Cash

Public Transit Ticket Sales in Transit App Continue to Grow, though Make Up Small Share of Total Fare Revenue

Houston Metro Approves Expensive Contract Option to Continue to Accept Cash on Board Buses

In-Depth: Retail Payments Networks Key to Cashless Push by U.S. Transit Agencies

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

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

Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

Tip Sheet: Fare Officials from Major Transit Agencies, Including New York and London, Believed to be Discussing How to Deal with Payments Industry

Calls Unheeded? Transport for London Says Certain Merchant Fees Rising Despite Complaints

Auckland Launches Open-Loop Service as Planned, as It Awaits Implementation of National Rollout in New Zealand

Report: Conduent and State Transport Officials in Melbourne at ‘Loggerheads’ Over Contract, but State Denies Problems

Littlepay Beat Out Cubic for Unexpected Contract Win with Major U.S. Agency; Now the Small Australia-Based Vendor Must Deliver

Washington, D.C., Transit Agency Chooses Littlepay over Incumbent Cubic for Open-Loop Upgrade

U.S. Agency Releases First Details about Reasons for ‘Emergency Procurement’ to Replace Fare System; is It Enough?

Australia: Cubic Notches Contract in Tasmania by ‘Leveraging’ Its Larger Queensland Project in ‘Platform-as-a-Service’ Play

Tip Sheet: Washington, D.C., Short Lists Vendors for Open-Loop Payments Project