Exclusive: Los Angeles City Transit Agency Plans Open-Loop Payments Pilot; To Target Underbanked and Unbanked
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, or LADOT, the city-owned transit agency that runs fixed-route and commuter bus service in and around the city, plans to launch a trial of open-loop payments as part of the California Integrated Travel Project, Mobility Payments has learned.
Italian Transit Operator and Visa Launch Open-Loop Pilot Enabling Multipassenger Fare Capping
Italian transit operator AMT along with Visa have launched a pilot of open-loop fares payments, enabling multipassenger fare capping for the first time in Italy–and probably for one of the first times globally.
Special Report: More Agencies Taking Modular Approach to Build Their Fare Systems, Shunning Single-Supplier Model
Transit agencies planning to roll out new electronic fare-collection systems have typically hired automated fare-collection vendors to handle the entire projects, from supplying the validators and payments processing to building or procuring the back office and integrating the various parts into a complete system.
French City Launches Open-Loop Fare Payments, Though France Catching Up with Other European Countries
The city of Besançon in Eastern France has launched contactless open-loop fare payments supporting Visa- and Mastercard-branded credit and debit cards, as well as cards supporting France’s Cartes Bancaires domestic debit scheme.
Helsinki Transit Agency Issues New Tender Request for Validators for Multimodal Open-Loop Payments Service
The Helsinki regional transport agency, or HSL late last week released a tender request through procurement channels seeking bids for at least 4,500 validators for its planned multimodal contactless open-loop payments rollout.
Multiple Vendors Disqualified in Bidding to Supply Open-Loop Technology for California’s ‘Mobility Marketplace’
A number of well-known industry vendors that bid on two much-anticipated contracts from the state of California to the supply open-loop payments technology to transit agencies statewide were disqualified last month, mostly for failing to meet strict administrative requirements, documents reveal.
Open-Loop Technology May be ‘Interoperable,’ but Not for Transit Agencies; Trade Group Wants to Help Remedy That
One of the main selling points for open-loop payments is that it offers a form of interoperability that enables riders to use the same credit or debit card to pay their fares whether they ride in London, New York or Singapore.
Groundbreaking System to Check Eligibility for Fare Discounts Doesn’t Support NFC Wallets; Agency Head Promises Fix
California bus agency Monterey-Salinas Transit recently launched what is believed to be the first system of its kind globally that enables customers to verify their eligibility for fare discounts online, then instantly link that eligibility to a standard contactless open-loop credit or debit card.
In a First, California Launches Trial Enabling Customers to Pay with Contactless Bank Cards and Receive Senior Discounts–All in One Tap
California officials have launched a new phase in one of their trials of open-loop payments in the state–testing a solution to the problem of how to grant discounts to seniors or other customer segments with the same contactless EMV payments cards the customers tap to pay for fares.
California Issues Notice of Intent to Award Contracts to Vendors for Planned Statewide Open-Loop Payments Rollout
California state officials late Tuesday released a list of seven bidders it intends to award contracts to for the supply of core technology for the state’s ambitious plan to help more than 300 transit agencies roll out open-loop fare payments statewide.