Los Angeles Open-Loop Payments Pilot ‘Targeted’ for End of Year

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Los Angeles transit officials are targeting the end of the year to launch a “mobility wallet,” offering subsidized fares for low-income riders–including 1,000 users of open-loop payments–a spokesman for one of the agencies involved told Mobility...
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Barcelona Transit Authority Seeks Quick Rollout of Open-Loop Payments Following Long Delays in Launch of Close-Loop Card

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority, or ATM, in Barcelona has issued a request for proposal for technology to help it to quickly roll out open-loop payments across the metro, train, bus and tram networks in and around Spain’s second largest city....
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Some U.S. Transit Agencies Holding Off on Launching Open-Loop Payments

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When the Utah Transit Authority finalizes the contract for its planned account-based ticketing system by the end of this year, among the provisions will be making all validators for its buses and rail ready to accept open-loop payments. [...]

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