Pros & Cons of Open Loop: Transit Agencies Face Choice
While the Covid-19 pandemic has slashed transit agency budgets and delayed rollouts, it has accelerated the trend for the agencies to enable their customers to pay fares with contactless EMV credit and debit cards and other electronic payments.
Italian Transit Operators Expand Use of cEMV, but Cash Difficult to Unseat
Major Italian public transit operators, including those in Rome and Milan, see contactless EMV payments as an important option for customers, even enabling them to use their contactless bank cards in place of monthly passes. And the operators have bigger plans for the technology, as well.
Boston Authority Makes Aggressive Push to Banish Cash On Board Buses
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, in Boston plans to completely do away with cash fare payments on its various transport modes when it rolls out its massive new fare collection system.
London Prepares for Major New Fare-Collection Contract
Transport for London, which runs the largest open-loop fare payments system in the world, is gearing for a major upgrade of its revenue-collection contract, giving the authority its first account-based ticketing system.