Update: Tip Sheet: Philadelphia Agency Could Reveal New Fare-System Vendor in July
The proposed contract for the new Key 2.0 fare system in Philadelphia goes to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority board in July for approval, according to a SEPTA official, who is not revealing whether the agency has chosen a vendor yet.
As Mobility Payments has reported in recent months, a shortlist of two vendors, Cubic Transportation Systems and
MTA Official Asks Payments Networks for Lower Fees to Accept Open Loop with New Transit Interchange Rate
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare official Amy Linden today called on U.S. payments networks to set a uniform transit interchange rate that reduces high fixed fees most agencies must pay to accept open-loop payments.
“(It’s) something we've always asked for, getting a transit rate,” she said, speaking at the Transport Ticketing North America conference in Chicago. “Government, higher education, lodging industry all
Cubic Hires Former Vix Chief as Head of Business Development, Replacing ‘Turnaround Expert’ in Post
Cubic Transportation Systems has replaced its head of business development–and turnaround expert–Rich Varos with fare-industry veteran and former head of Vix Technology David Maitland, Mobility Payments has learned.
The move, coming after Varos was in the job only little more than seven months, was unexpected. Few inside Cubic, even members of Varos’ team, are believed to have known about planned changes.
Analysis: Boston Project Finally to Get Rolling; What had Gone Wrong?
When Phil Eng arrived in Boston to take over as general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in April 2023, he assumed control of a transit system beset with crumbling infrastructure, labor shortages, budget shortfalls and safety problems.
He also inherited a fare-system project that had seen years of delays and a budget that had ballooned to nearly a billion dollars.
Denmark Issues Tender Request for Card Validators for Customers Who Will Not Use Nationwide Mobile-Ticketing App
Danish transport officials this week issued a tender request for vendors to supply validators to accept prepaid closed-loop cards and open-loop payments from customers who cannot or will not use the country’s nationwide mobile-ticketing apps.
The tender request, issued Tuesday, would enable national transport-ticketing company Rejsekort &
Tip Sheet: Sydney Transport Authority to Issue Much-Anticipated RFP for Opal Next Generation by July
Transport for New South Wales this week issued an advance notice of its plans to release its long-awaited request for proposal for its Opal Next Generation fare project. The Sydney authority, a major backer of open-loop payments, said Tuesday that it plans to issue the RFP within two months.
The authority confirmed its tender request will nclude two major parts, an “ABT Solution” and a vehicle-tracking “Bus Solution, which Mobility Payments reported last month was likely.
Cubic This Week Sees Transit Boards Act on Its Contracts in Four Major U.S. Cities–the Results were Mixed at Best
Board members for transit agencies in four major U.S. cities this week either proposed or approved changes to their contracts with the same fare systems vendor–Cubic Transportation Systems. Overall, it was not a particularly good week for Cubic.
The week started off badly for the vendor on two coasts, in New York and San Francisco.
As Use of Digital Wallets Grows with Open Loop, Transport for London and other Agencies being Hit by ‘Retokenization’ Fraud
Digital wallets are fast becoming the preferred method of payments for transit riders using open loop, with some major agencies recording well over half of their open-loop transactions coming from mobile devices, as Mobility Payments reported.
But for at least the past couple of years, agencies have been vexed by a certain type of fraud based on
California Open-Loop Procurement Program Notches Second Out-of-State Project, but Overall Take-Up Remains Low
After more than two years, the California Integrated Travel Project, or Cal-ITP, is still seeing low orders from transit agencies and minimal open-loop transactions, but the program did notch its second project outside of California, Mobility Payments has learned.
Among recent records obtained by Mobility Payments show a validator order for
In-Depth: New York’s MTA Takes Away Part of OMNY Project from Cubic; Seeks Completion of Rollout by Close of 2025
New York transit authority MTA today took a key part of its high-profile OMNY fare system away from its main technology vendor, Cubic Transportation Systems, as it seeks to complete OMNY over the next 18 months.
The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority today gave final approval to a proposal to modify