LA Metro Staff Faces Tough Questions from Board Members Over Proposal to Hire Cubic with No-Bid Contract Upgrade
Los Angeles County Metro staffers faced some tough questions Wednesday from members of a board committee, who grilled them on a staff proposal to award incumbent vendor Cubic Transportation Systems a no-bid, $66.4 million, contract upgrade to roll out open-loop payments and account-based ticketing.
The Finance, Budget and Audit Committee declined to take a vote to endorse the proposal before it goes
LA Metro Seeks to Launch Open-Loop Payments in Time for World Cup in 2026; Plans to Hire Cubic with No-Bid Contract Upgrade
Los Angeles County Metro is proposing to launch open-loop payments in early 2026, in time for the FIFA World Cup, which the city will co-host in June and July of that year–a tight deadline to hit. Metro also wants to later be ready with open loop and account-based ticketing when Los Angeles hosts the Olympic Games in 2028.
A Metro staff proposal–which would give incumbent supplier Cubic Transportation Systems a sole-
Las Vegas Agency Wagers Open Loop will Pay Off, Despite High Interchange and Other Transaction Fees
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada collects cash for well over half the rides it delivers on its 400 buses that ply the Las Vegas Strip and other parts of its service area of more than two million people.
RTC knows it will never eliminate cash on board its fleet, with many of its more than 50 million annual
Athens Transport Operator Seeks to Roll Out Open Loop Throughout Greek Capital by Retrofitting Thousands of Validators
Transport operator OASA is set to make Athens the latest European capital to roll out open-loop payments, joining London, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam and Stockholm, along with a number of other major cities in Europe–but with a difference.
OASA is not replacing its 8,000 validators to accept credit and debit cards and card credentials in NFC
Cubic Confirms It Outscored Indra on Technical Points, Despite Losing Big Contract in Ireland
Cubic Transportation Systems has confirmed that it topped the winning vendor, Spain-based Indra, on technical points in the recent competition for the large next-generation ticketing system contract in Ireland, Mobility Payments has learned.
The contract award secured by Indra is worth €243.6 million (US$260.1 million), according to an official
Indra Confirms Win of Large Fare-System Contract in Ireland, Beating Out Cubic and Conduent
Spain-based Indra, as expected, today was named the winner of Ireland’s large fare-system contract, topping the other two short-listed vendors, Cubic Transportation Systems and Conduent Transportation– on the strength of what Mobility Payments learned was a very low price bid by Indra. Mobility Payments had earlier named Indra as the likely winner.
Indra announced the long-delayed award today, saying the contract was worth “hundreds of millions of
Irish Fare System Announcement Moved to Monday; Spain’s Indra Believed to Have Submitted Low Bid
Ireland’s National Transport Authority has pushed back the long-anticipated announcement of its large fare-system contract once again, but this time only until Monday.
The announcement, presumed to be the winner of the long-delayed contract for a nationwide account-based ticketing system featuring open-loop payments, was earlier set to happen this week.
Tip Sheet: LA Metro Considers Open-Loop Payments, Sole-Source Contract for Cubic
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is believed to be looking at introducing open-loop payments and is considering rehiring Cubic with a sole-source contract to implement the new payments service, along with other account-based ticketing, Mobility Payments has learned.
Some of the discussions are believed to be preliminary, but a sole-source deal is a real possibility for
Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal
A contract award to Czech Republic-based vendor Mikroelektronika for a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, is on hold as officials handle an appeal from the vendor that came in second in the bidding, Estonia-based Ridango, Mobility Payments has learned.
Meanwhile, Vix Technology, the nearly 20-year incumbent for the transport authority, Västtrafik, has
Tip Sheet: Italy’s National Rail Operator Launches Open-Loop Pilot with Fare Capping
taly’s national rail operator, Trenitalia, has launched an open-loop pilot with broad fare-capping options in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, on a rail line between the cities of Verona and Venice.
The pilot, which launched last week, is believed to be the first Trenitalia line to support open-loop