Tip Sheet: Cubic Faces Major Test in Holding onto Sydney Fare Project; Rumors Say It May Partner with Another Major Vendor
With tenders due next month for Sydney’s much-anticipated Opal Next-Generation fare project, attention has turned to the fate of incumbent vendor Cubic Transportation Systems.
Cubic is not believed to be held in the highest regard by Transport for New South Wales, which is not an agency known for its loyalty to vendors. Sydney also is seen as wanting to take more control of its fare system, like Transport for London.
U.S. Agency Capital Metro Set to Replace Incumbent with Cubic in ‘Emergency Procurement;’ Some Other Vendors Raise Questions
A recent decision by Austin, Texas, transit agency Capital Metro to award a contract to Cubic Transportation Systems for a new fare system is a big win for Cubic’s Umo platform, but the award is raising some questions among industry vendors over the way CapMetro has conducted the procurement, Mobility Payments has learned.
CapMetro officials, although they are believed to have heard presentations from a total of five fare-system vendors (see below), have yet to explain why they decided against holding a full procurement
Regulators Question Backers of Denmark’s High-Profile National Mobile-Ticketing App over Data-Protection Concerns
Denmark’s high-profile project to replace its much-used closed-loop fare card with a nationwide mobile-ticketing app has hit another snag–an investigation by the country’s data protection agency.
National transport-ticketing company Rejsekort & Rejseplan, or RKRP, said it is fully cooperating with the investigation into its app by the Danish Data Protection Authority. RKRP customer director Jens Willars told Mobility Payments
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 &
Cubic Wins Appeal in Denmark, as Officials Cancel One of the Contracts for National Mobile-Ticketing System
Denmark’s Complaints Board for Public Procurement took the rare step of annulling a contract approved by a public agency, after Cubic Transportation Systems alleged unfair treatment and a lack of transparency by the country’s national ticketing-system provider.
Believed to be a long shot by some, Cubic’s appeal convinced the complaints board on three of its claims, in which the U.S.-based vendor contended that evaluators had erred in grading competing
Denmark Hits First Milestone for National Mobile-Ticketing Service–with Many More Milestones to Go
Denmark’s national transport ticketing system provider announced Tuesday it had hit the first milestone in its project to replace its closed-loop travel card with a GPS-based mobile-ticketing app.
The announcement of the initial launch for up to 20,000 users comes days after the transport-agency owned fare company, Rejsekort & Rejseplan, disclosed that its CEO
Large Fare-Collection Company in Korea Seeks to Roll Out Hands-Free Ticketing at Busy Metro Stations
South Korean fare-collection and e-purse scheme Tmoney has implemented hands-free mobile ticketing on one gated light-rail line in Seoul. Can it win over other transit operators and, more importantly, riders who have been tapping its contactless cards for years?
All of that remains to be seen for Tmoney and its ambitious plan to deploy its be-in/be-out (BIBO)
Denmark’s Much-Anticipated Mobile-Ticketing App Will Launch as Pilot This Year before Backers Seek to Scale It Up
Danish fare-collection company Rejsekort & Rejseplan, or RKRP, plans to launch a pilot of its high-profile nationwide mobile-ticketing service sometime in 2024 and will offer open-loop payments to customers who cannot or will not use the new mobile service, RKRP CEO Kasper Schmidt said Wednesday.
Schmidt told Mobility Payments he could not say exactly when his company’s pay-as-you-go mobile-
In-Depth: Denmark’s Quest to Replace Its Closed-Loop Card with Mobile Ticketing–It Won’t be Easy
Among the most anticipated fare projects globally is a nationwide mobile-ticketing service planned by Danish government officials, who hope to greatly reduce or even eliminate use of the country’s much-used physical closed-loop card, Rejsekort.
The ticketing system in Denmark is complex and the national ticketing card has been in place for more than
TIP SHEET: Dubai Selects Vendors; Denmark Still Dealing with Cubic Appeal; High Prepaid Card Fees Expected in Netherlands
Incumbent vendors are believed to have won the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority’s AED 350 million (US$95.3 million) contract to upgrade its card-based nol system into an account-based ticketing