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New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 27, 2024 (July 7, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged New Zealand

New Zealand’s much-anticipated nationwide open-loop fare system is believed to be running beyond schedule, with officials unlikely to hit project deadlines, including any substantive initial launch this year, Mobility Payments has learned. The project,...

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Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 21, 2024 (February 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Cal-ITP

The California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, did not add any new transit agencies for the third quarter in a row, as of end of 2023, and open-loop transactions remained low two years after the program began, records obtained by Mobility Payments...

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Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 15, 2024 (February 16, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Miami-Dade Transit

U.S.-based Genfare appears set to receive an approximately $65 million contract from Miami-Dade County, Fla., after beating out three other vendors to supply new fare boxes, ticket-vending machines and transit gates for the county's fare-collection system,...

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Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 14, 2024 (April 18, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Czech Republic-based fare-system provider Mikroelektronika submitted the low bid to win the procurement of a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, besting a field of bidders that included nearly 20-year incumbent supplier Vix...

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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 an unannounced Vix-Kuba merger. Vix and Kuba are already sister...

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Fee Waiver Helps Virtual Clipper Card Soar in San Francisco, though Growth Comes with Added Costs

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 7, 2024 (March 26, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, MTC

San Francisco Bay Area transit operators have seen strong growth in the number of virtual closed-loop Clipper cards issued and the share of active users tapping these cards with Apple Pay and Google Wallet over the past 18 months or so, Mobility Payments has...

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In-Depth: Denmark’s Quest to Replace Its Closed-Loop Card with Mobile Ticketing–It Won’t be Easy

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 5, 2024 (February 5, 2024)Posted in Mobile TicketingTagged Denmark

Among the most anticipated fare projects globally is a nationwide mobile-ticketing service planned by Danish government officials, who hope to greatly reduce or even eliminate use of the country’s much-used physical closed-loop card, Rejsekort. The...

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‘Hardware-as-a-Service’? Another Transit Agency Proposes Unconventional Model to Procure New Fare System

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 31, 2024 (May 13, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Procurement models

Another transit agency has opted for an unconventional approach to procuring its new fare system, planning to hire a vendor to run the entire system-including furnishing thousands of validators–in exchange for a fixed service fee and a commission on monthly...

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Debacle in Singapore and What It Means for Account-Based Ticketing in the Market

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 30, 2024 (February 1, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Land Transport Authority

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority for several years was an enthusiastic supporter of account-based ticketing and of its own implementation of the technology–even sometimes referring to its project by the industry abbreviation for the technology,...

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NTT Data Complaint Letter in Melbourne: ‘Never Observed a Process Like the One Conducted’

by Dan BalabanPosted on January 16, 2024 (January 16, 2024)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Editor's Choice, Melbourne

NTT Data contends that its ousting as operator of the large fare system in Melbourne, Australia, and the surrounding state of Victoria will “cost Victorians for many years to come.” That’s according to a letter–notable for its highly critical...

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New Zealand’s Nationwide Open-Loop Project Running Late; Can Organizers Get It Back on Track?

Two Years On, California’s Open-Loop ‘Mobility Marketplace’ has Failed to Take Off, though Deal May be Coming

Genfare Wins Tender in Miami to Replace Fare Boxes, Ticket-Vending Machines and Transit Gates

Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

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

Fee Waiver Helps Virtual Clipper Card Soar in San Francisco, though Growth Comes with Added Costs

In-Depth: Denmark’s Quest to Replace Its Closed-Loop Card with Mobile Ticketing–It Won’t be Easy

‘Hardware-as-a-Service’? Another Transit Agency Proposes Unconventional Model to Procure New Fare System

Debacle in Singapore and What It Means for Account-Based Ticketing in the Market

NTT Data Complaint Letter in Melbourne: ‘Never Observed a Process Like the One Conducted’

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Tip Sheet: Layoffs Expected at Cubic; Fare Vendor Discloses ‘New Operating Model,’ Though Releases Few Details

Vancouver Transit Authority Issues RFP for Major Fare-System Upgrade; Believed to Have Rejected Sole-Source Proposal

D.C. Transit Authority WMATA Releases Open-Payment Overlay Contract with Littlepay; Declines to Disclose Transaction Fees, including Interchange

Tip Sheet: Layoffs at Cubic–Vendor Says It Amounts to Only 2% of Workforce but Won’t Release Figures; Insiders Say Cuts Taking Toll on Engineers, Others

In Harsh Response to Cubic’s Lawsuit, Transport for London Contends It Could have Rejected Vendor on Several Grounds

Maitland Out at Cubic; CTS President Montgomery-Torrellas to Take Over ‘Growth’ Position Himself

Cubic’s Recently Installed Head of Europe Departs Abruptly; Maitland Under Pressure